The Nacional Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Alejandro Martínez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nacional
Maximiliano Gómez 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Emiliano de Oliveira signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emiliano de Oliveira and Nacional agree another 3 years.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Emiliano de Oliveira
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emiliano de Oliveira, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Axel Cabrera out for 38 days
The medical room confirms 38 days on the sidelines for Axel Cabrera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Emiliano de Oliveira has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Nacional will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Match15 Aug 2026
Luciano Boggio rescues a point for Nacional
It needed Luciano Boggio to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Cerro, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Nicolás Rodríguez
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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Half-satisfied: Fernando Ferreira on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- The dugout Sebastián Coates left out for tactical reasons at Nacional
- Market The Maximiliano Gómez talk will not go away
- Looking ahead A reunion for Luciano Boggio