Marked for Lisandro González
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The dugout13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Colon
Ignacio Milans and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrés Olivera is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martín González, and the manager let it.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Lisandro González is on it.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
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Match
Nothing left to play for but pride at Colon
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Squad
Kevin Rivero is out on the grass again
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Agustín Rodríguez had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Colon
Leandro Méndez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market16 Aug 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Da Silva has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Matias Nunez joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matias Nunez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Gaston Coates joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gaston Coates is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Lerman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Emiliano Vidart
“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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
53 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Colon lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match12 Jun 2027
No end in sight to Colon's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Colon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Jun 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Colon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Colon asked and Almirante Brown said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout14 Jun 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Lerman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match12 Jun 2027
Point won or two lost for Colon?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Atenas? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Upbeat
Squad17 May 2027
Agustín Chopitea damages knee ligaments — 85 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 85 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad17 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Colon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces17 May 2027
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 May 2027
A 1‑0 win over Miramar Misiones, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 May 2027
Nahuel Marzochi 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.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.71 on the card, and the Colon support went home talking about one name.
The dugout17 May 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Felipe Fernandez kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout17 May 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match17 Apr 2027
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Kevin Rodríguez scored in the 85th minute, Rampla Juniors had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Colon took the lot.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Kevin Rodríguez at 21 — 7.65
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Kevin Rodríguez did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Colon
Leandro Méndez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Anthony Sosa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match17 Apr 2027
Rampla Juniors made Colon work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Lerman is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Felipe Fernandez could afford to be generous.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Espinosa, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match17 Mar 2027
The cup run ends for Colon
1‑2 against Cerro Largo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match20 Mar 2027
Cruel end for La Luz as Colon pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Colon scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Up for the corner, and Lisandro González delivers — 7.65
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Lisandro González scored, was marked 7.65, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Colon
Leandro Méndez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match20 Mar 2027
It had gone 5 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match20 Mar 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ignacio Milans. 1‑0 against La Luz, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad22 Mar 2027
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Mar 2027
4 matches without a win for Colon
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Colon are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Colon
Leandro Méndez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at Colon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Chopitea is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match13 Mar 2027
Colon share the spoils with Atenas
A 1‑1 draw with Atenas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
“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.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Felipe Fernandez chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Somebody else is better right now than Maximiliano Ohaco
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Colon have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.