From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Ojeda
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Sergio Montero asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Nicolás Leites plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
Otávio out for 42 days
The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Otávio, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Emilio MacEachen has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Artigas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Artigas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Suárez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match13 Mar 2027
Artigas and Colon take a point apiece
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emilio MacEachen commits to Artigas for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Artigas can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Ojeda and Artigas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Cristian Britos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market4 Jan 2027
Óscar Contreras is 20, and Artigas have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Octavio Pereira
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Anthony da Costa asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.