From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market24 Sep 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Sep 2029
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Jacinto Andrada , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Sep 2029
“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.
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Steady
Market20 Aug 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Plaza Colonia can pretend not to have heard.
Match18 Aug 2029
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad20 Aug 2029
“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.
Squad20 Aug 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Mier and Plaza Colonia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match18 Aug 2029
A 1-1 draw with Rentistas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Modibo Traoré 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.
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Uneasy
Squad29 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 126 days on the sidelines for Gonzalo Pelúa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market29 Jan 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jacinto Andrada may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad29 Jan 2029
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lucas Carrizo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market1 Jan 2029
The bid was some way short and Plaza Colonia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Plaza Colonia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thomas González and Plaza Colonia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“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.
Market1 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 34 with 17 appearances behind him, and Plaza Colonia have to plan for both answers.
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Steady
Match12 Aug 2028
No end in sight to Plaza Colonia 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Plaza Colonia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Marzochi
“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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Joaquín Silva knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plaza Colonia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad29 May 2028
“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.
Squad29 May 2028
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Plaza Colonia lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Match27 May 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Liverpool Montevideo defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Plaza Colonia 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Plaza Colonia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match29 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Máximo Lorenzi
“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
Crisis
Match22 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Plaza Colonia 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Plaza Colonia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 Apr 2028
0-1 to Boston River , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacinto Andrada and Plaza Colonia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad1 Nov 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Jacinto Andrada , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Nov 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.
Kevin Morgan Kevin Morgan says Plaza Colonia went back on their word