Marked for Renzo Cupla
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Sep 2029
“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.
Squad10 Sep 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Penarol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad10 Sep 2029
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.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad3 Sep 2029
“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.
Market3 Sep 2029
Only the photograph left for Renzo Cupla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Renzo Cupla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Penarol the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market3 Sep 2029
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.
Squad3 Sep 2029
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.
Player ratings3 Sep 2029
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match1 Sep 2029
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Sep 2029
“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.
Boardroom3 Sep 2029
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad3 Sep 2029
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Washington Aguerre knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Aug 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Penarol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market27 Aug 2029
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.
Squad27 Aug 2029
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.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Marked 9.39 — 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.
Match25 Aug 2029
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lucas Carrizo. 2‑1 against Defensor Sporting, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Marked 8.72 — 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.
Squad27 Aug 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Facundo Batista trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad27 Aug 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Paulo da Costa, and the manager let it.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
5.56 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad6 Aug 2029
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Nahuel Herrera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market6 Aug 2029
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.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Leonardo Fernández 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.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.83, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad6 Aug 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pablo Nongoy commits to Penarol for another 3 years.
Player ratings6 Aug 2029
Marked 8.20 — 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.
Match4 Aug 2029
It needed Leonardo Fernández to find the net to bring anything home at all: 3‑3 against Juventud, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market6 Aug 2029
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Jul 2029
No end in sight to Penarol's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Penarol has to find a result from somewhere.
Market9 Jul 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market9 Jul 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Penarol can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Jul 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Penarol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market9 Jul 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Player ratings9 Jul 2029
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market9 Jul 2029
The fee is $690.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Nacional drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad9 Jul 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Washington Aguerre commits to Penarol for another 2 years.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Leonardo Fernández 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match23 May 2029
Cup progress for Penarol
A 1‑0 win over Colon, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market28 May 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Penarol, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Defensive actions: 31, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market28 May 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías González will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Penarol the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad28 May 2029
47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 May 2029
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.
Match26 May 2029
6 unbeaten for Penarol
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Penarol did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings28 May 2029
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market30 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Penarol can pretend not to have heard.
Market30 Apr 2029
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.
Match28 Apr 2029
No end in sight to Penarol's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Penarol has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad30 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Darlvin Yeboah
“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.
Squad30 Apr 2029
One booking too many, and Nicolás Sosa sits out. Penarol lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match21 Apr 2029
4 matches without a win for Penarol
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Penarol are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Apr 2029
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Washington Aguerre knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match21 Apr 2029
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Eduardo Darias
“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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
A performance of 8.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom23 Apr 2029
Doors closed at Penarol
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad23 Apr 2029
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nicolás Retamar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match14 Apr 2029
Whatever happens, Penarol do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
Marked 8.96 — 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Sosa
“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.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Eric Remedi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings16 Apr 2029
The one thing Nicolás Sosa could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.25, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Pablo Nongoy 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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Washington Aguerre knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Mar 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Match17 Mar 2029
Nacional made Penarol work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
A performance of 8.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Eric Remedi 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.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings19 Mar 2029
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 15 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Mar 2029
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Facundo Batista: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Penarol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match10 Mar 2029
No end in sight to Penarol's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Penarol has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Marked 8.98 — 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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match10 Mar 2029
A 1‑1 draw with Progreso leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
The one thing Nicolás Sosa could not do
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market5 Mar 2029
“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.
Market5 Mar 2029
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.
Market5 Mar 2029
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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eduardo Darias commits to Penarol for another 3 years.
Match3 Mar 2029
4 matches without a win for Penarol
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Penarol are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market26 Feb 2029
Only the photograph left for Javier Cabrera
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Javier Cabrera will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Penarol the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match24 Feb 2029
Still nobody has beaten Penarol
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
Marked 8.96 — 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Renzo Cupla 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Nicolás Sosa 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.
Match24 Feb 2029
A 1‑1 draw with Racing leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad26 Feb 2029
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Penarol have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings26 Feb 2029
Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Dec 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Dec 2028
He is 19, he is averaging 6.68, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Market4 Dec 2028
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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nahuel Herrera and Penarol agree another 5 years.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Nahuel Herrera 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.
Loan watch4 Dec 2028
“I watch every Penarol game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Emirates Club runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Loan watch6 Nov 2028
“I did not go to Emirates Club to sit and watch. I want to come back to Penarol and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrés Madruga, and the manager let it.
Loan watch6 Nov 2028
The goals keep arriving from Stiven Muhlethaler’s exile
3 goals in 28 games at Montevideo City Torque — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Penarol updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad9 Oct 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Franco Escobar and Penarol agree another 2 years.
Squad9 Oct 2028
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.
Loan watch9 Oct 2028
“I watch every Penarol game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Emirates Club runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad11 Sep 2028
45 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad11 Sep 2028
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.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
“I did not go to Emirates Club to sit and watch. I want to come back to Penarol and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 38, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad14 Aug 2028
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Aug 2028
79 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad14 Aug 2028
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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leandro Umpiérrez and Penarol agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Loan watch14 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Emirates Club to sit and watch. I want to come back to Penarol and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match10 Jul 2028
Position 12, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market10 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Emirates Club can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Jul 2028
106 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Ivo Chaves 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.
Boardroom10 Jul 2028
Still no name above the door at Emirates Club
Day 9 of the vacancy. Candidates have been priced, sounded out and quietly ruled out — and the caretaker’s win ratio is becoming an argument all by itself.
Squad10 Jul 2028
No hiding place for Jardel
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jardel, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match10 Jun 2028
Still nobody has beaten Penarol
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market12 Jun 2028
The fee is $2.7M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Portuguesa drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Nahuel Herrera 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.
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Washington Aguerre, and the manager let it.
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.34, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Market12 Jun 2028
Nacional are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Penarol will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A season average of 7.29 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Renzo Cupla commits to Penarol for another 5 years.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings8 May 2028
Defensive actions: 37. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings8 May 2028
Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Washington Aguerre commits to Penarol for another 2 years.
Squad8 May 2028
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.
Player ratings8 May 2028
Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings8 May 2028
A performance of 9.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market6 Dec 2027
Penarol say no — this time
The offer from Rampla Juniors for Leandro Umpiérrez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market6 Dec 2027
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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Luis Miguel Ángulo 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.
Market6 Dec 2027
The name of Matías González has come up in conversations Penarol were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Nicolás Sosa 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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sebastián Britos and Penarol agree another 1 years.