Marked for Brian Fernández
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
Diego Segovia was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Guillermo López for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Deportivo Maldonado will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Renato César keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Renato César plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Back issues
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Crisis
Squad17 Aug 2026
Brian Fernández damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 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.
Match12 Aug 2026
Out, 0‑2 to Rentistas, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brian Fernández damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Deportivo Maldonado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maximiliano González, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.