The Progreso Post
Match19 Aug 2026
Lucas Viana sends Progreso through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Lucas Viana obliged against Tacuarembo. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Progreso.
Market24 Aug 2026
Juventud Torremolinos join the queue for Matteo Copelotti
Add another name to the list: Juventud Torremolinos have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matteo Copelotti. The answer from Progreso has not changed — yet.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Emiliano Álvarez 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
A falling-out at Progreso
Gonzalo Silva and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Progreso supporters have found a favourite in Lucas Viana
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Lucas Viana has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match22 Aug 2026
Defensor Sporting take the points off Progreso
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Andres Valverde to a room that had heard them before.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Gary Silva stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.67 on the card, and the Progreso support went home talking about one name.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Agustín Ocampo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Agustín Ocampo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings Agustín Paz runs at them all day
- The dugout Andrés Mehring gets it from the manager
- Squad Matteo Copelotti: “I am not a substitute”