The Colon Sentinel
Match19 Aug 2026
Nahuel Marzochi sends Colon through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Nahuel Marzochi obliged against Cerro. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Colon.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Colon — 7.54
1 for Emiliano Vidart, marked 7.54, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Colon
Leandro Méndez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Agustín Chopitea falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Colon lose Agustin Nunez
53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Nahuel Marzochi
A mark of 7.95, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Alejandro Gimenez, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Lucas Espinosa
“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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ignacio Milans beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Leandro Méndez
- The dugout When it matters, Maximiliano Ohaco plays
- Market No place for Nikola Perić in the plan