Diego Blanco

Striker - Penarol
1 Mar 2027
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Marked for Diego Blanco

24 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Jan 2027

The step up is real for Renzo Cupla

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Penarol

Tomás Olase and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad11 Jan 2027

A row about effort at Penarol

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francisco Fernández was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

When it matters, Eric Remedi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market11 Jan 2027

The clock runs on Junior Arias's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Diego Blanco 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 Penarol will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Mauricio Lemos says Penarol went back on their word

“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.

Market4 Jan 2027

Wanderers come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Penarol did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

No deal for Renzo Machado at that price

Penarol offered $1.2M; Liverpool Montevideo said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Gonzalo Gelini is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

The window shuts on the Nicolás Wunsch deal

Penarol ran out of time with Defensor Sporting. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Eduardo Darias stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Eduardo Darias and Penarol agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Penarol

Lucas Ferreira and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Nahuel Herrera slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Nahuel Herrera is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Diego Blanco gets it from the manager

“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.

In brief

17 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market23 Nov 2026

Renzo Cupla asks to leave Penarol

“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.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Diego Blanco 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Penarol

Tomás Olase 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Words at Penarol training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías González is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Luis Miguel Ángulo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Penarol will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

A door opens for Mauricio Lemos

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief