Ignacio Molina

Striker - Lillestrom
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
65 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Montevideo City Torque come up short against Audax Italiano

Audax Italiano left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Franco Pizzichillo

“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.

Squad

Esteban Obregón is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.44 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

Back issues
61 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Gastón Rodríguez says Montevideo City Torque went back on their word

“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.

Loan watch

Ignacio Molina wants to come home

“I did not go to Lillestrom to sit and watch. I want to come back to Montevideo City Torque and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pablo Lago

“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.

In brief

55 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Montevideo City Torque make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Montevideo City Torque have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad

At 21, Lucas Duré is already the best thing here

An average of 7.07 in a first team he is several years too young for. Montevideo City Torque have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Montevideo City Torque find a way past Juventud

Juventud made Montevideo City Torque work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Yonathan Gorgoroso signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yonathan Gorgoroso commits to Montevideo City Torque for another 2 years.

Squad

Esteban Obregón is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.42 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Loan watch

Nahuel da Silva has seen enough of Gaziantep

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Montevideo City Torque, and 1 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

54 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

No mercy from Montevideo City Torque

Fenix will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Montevideo City Torque were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Squad

Denis Bouanga is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.45 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

AEL come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Montevideo City Torque did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

Montevideo City Torque make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Montevideo City Torque have 3 straight wins of it.

Market

Rodrigo Sena is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Montevideo City Torque is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Marcelo Tabárez signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcelo Tabárez commits to Montevideo City Torque for another 1 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcelo Tabárez

“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.

Squad

Pablo Siles is off the mark for Montevideo City Torque

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Montevideo City Torque and Gonzalo Viotti are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

52 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Montevideo City Torque are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Luka Andrade has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Montevideo City Torque they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Montevideo City Torque lose Franco Torgnascioli

28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

At 21, Diogo Guzmán is already the best thing here

An average of 7.08 in a first team he is several years too young for. Montevideo City Torque have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Montevideo City Torque see off Cerro Largo

Three points for Montevideo City Torque, 2-0 the final word against Cerro Largo in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

Miramar Misiones are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Montevideo City Torque will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

49 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Denis Bouanga is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.32 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Montevideo City Torque come up short against Penarol

Penarol left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Franco Pizzichillo

“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.

Market

Montevideo City Torque sign Bautista Pereira, one for the future

Bautista Pereira is 20, and Montevideo City Torque 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.

Squad

Ignacio Molina signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignacio Molina commits to Montevideo City Torque for another 4 years.

Market

Artigas expected to open talks for Luka Andrade

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Montevideo City Torque will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

48 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Still nobody has beaten Montevideo City Torque

The unbeaten run reaches 14. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Montevideo City Torque lose Franco Torgnascioli

60 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Oriental come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Montevideo City Torque did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

At 21, Diogo Guzmán is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Montevideo City Torque have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Market

Luka Andrade attracts admirers

The name of Luka Andrade has come up in conversations Montevideo City Torque were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Denis Bouanga is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.28 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

46 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Still nobody has beaten Montevideo City Torque

The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Montevideo City Torque are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 29 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Artigas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Montevideo City Torque did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Yonathan Gorgoroso is a Montevideo City Torque player

The fee is $240.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Artigas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Ignacio Gonella is a Montevideo City Torque player

The fee is $110.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Central Espanol drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Match

Montevideo City Torque get the job done against Miramar Misiones

A 2-1 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.

Market

Ignacio Molina attracts admirers

The name of Ignacio Molina has come up in conversations Montevideo City Torque were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcelo Tabárez

“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.

Squad

Bautista Kociubinski 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.

In brief

28 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Ignacio Molina signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignacio Molina commits to Montevideo City Torque for another 4 years.

Squad

Training ground row involving Ignacio Molina

Tempers went at Montevideo City Torque this week. Nothing a hard session and a quiet word cannot repair, though the story got out all the same.

Squad

Montevideo City Torque’s own kid cannot get a game

At 36, Franco Torgnascioli has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.

In brief

27 Edition

The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Voices raised on the Montevideo City Torque training ground

Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.

Squad

The academy watches Franco Torgnascioli sit

36 years old, every age group at this club behind him, and a borrowed player of much the same standard in front of him every Saturday. The parents in the stand have noticed, and so has every kid below him.

Squad

Ignacio Molina hit in the pocket

The fine is internal, the amount is nobody's business, and the fact that everybody at Montevideo City Torque knows about it by lunchtime is exactly the point of it.

In brief