The Artigas Chronicle
Match12 Aug 2026
Artigas bow out of the cup
Liverpool Montevideo go through and Artigas go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from João Tribino at 19 — 7.63
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. João Tribino did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Artigas
Álvaro Brun and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Luiz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luiz, and the manager let it.
The dugout17 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 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Federico Alvarez to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Gustavo Alles left out for tactical reasons at Artigas
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nicolás Laporte runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Nicolás Ferreira gets picked when it counts
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 Nicolás Ferreira is on it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
João Tribino finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Artigas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
- Market Still no signature from Octavio Pereira
- Squad Federico Viera is out on the grass again