Diego Blanco

Striker - Penarol
13 Dec 2026
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Marked for Diego Blanco

15 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match6 Nov 2026

A European night to remember for Penarol

0‑0 against Independiente Medellin, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.

Market9 Nov 2026

Only the photograph left for Diego Blanco

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Diego Blanco will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Penarol the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Penarol

Abel Hernández 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Penarol

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

Market9 Nov 2026

Eduardo Darias wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Penarol hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The team sheet said everything about Matías Arezo

Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Matías Arezo.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Sebastián Britos 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.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Facundo Batista was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Half-satisfied: Gonzalo Garcia on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

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11 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market12 Oct 2026

Diego Blanco has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Penarol they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Penarol

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Penarol

Luis Miguel Ángulo 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.

Market12 Oct 2026

Eduardo Darias has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Penarol can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

When it matters, Sebastián Britos 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.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Lucas Ferreira is still paying for one afternoon at Penarol

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Guzmán Trucido

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Matías Arezo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Penarol, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Guzmán Trucido: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Penarol will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

In brief

7 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad14 Sep 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Abel Hernández for 15 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Penarol will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Market14 Sep 2026

Diego Blanco has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Penarol they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Penarol

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

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Leonardo Fernández

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Fernández, and the manager let it.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Sebastián Britos 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 dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Lucas Ferreira's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

A door opens for Abel Hernández

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.

Market14 Sep 2026

Penarol and Matías González are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tiago Glattli 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

3 Edition

The Penarol Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Eric Remedi goes up and wins it — 7.88

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.88 for the rest of it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Diego Blanco is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Penarol is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match15 Aug 2026

Penarol cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Diego Blanco signs for Oriental while still at Penarol

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Diego Blanco has agreed terms with Oriental for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Penarol

Abel Hernández 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Luis Miguel Ángulo was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match15 Aug 2026

Eric Remedi sends Penarol past Liverpool Montevideo

It finished 1‑0, and it was Eric Remedi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Penarol.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nicolás Fernández falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Gonzalo Garcia kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief