The Nacional Sentinel
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nico López runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Nacional's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nacional has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Nico López in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market15 Feb 2027
Joaquin Gomez is a Nacional player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Sanchez comes home
The shirt still fits. Rodrigo Sanchez is back at Nacional, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
Nahuel Silva comes home
The shirt still fits. Nahuel Silva is back at Nacional, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
Lucas Diaz is a Nacional player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Maximiliano Silvera in the eights
A performance of 8.33 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match13 Feb 2027
Nacional and Albion 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.
In brief
- Squad The shirt belongs to Maximiliano Silvera now
- Squad Sebastián Coates says his piece
- Squad Jhon Guzmán is not enjoying his job description