The Penarol Chronicle
Squad21 Feb 2028
58 days out for Leonardo Fernández after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Penarol will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Santiago Guzmán keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Penarol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Feb 2028
As if he never left: Franco Romero returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Franco Romero is a Penarol player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Match19 Feb 2028
Alexander Machado sends Penarol past Progreso
It finished 2‑0, and it was Alexander Machado’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Penarol.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
A masterclass from Alexander Machado
Marked 8.75 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market21 Feb 2028
Penarol may not be able to give Eric Remedi what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Eric Remedi wants continental football; whether Penarol can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Ninety minutes of Facundo Batista at his very best
Marked 8.61. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Penarol.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Facundo Álvez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Álvez commits to Penarol for another 4 years.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Mateo Caballero in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Penarol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Squad Federico Álvarez falls out with a teammate over standards
- Loan watch Stiven Muhlethaler wants to come home
- The dugout Franco Da Silva: “That is the standard”