The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
Camilo Mayada 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 Montevideo City Torque this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Montevideo City Torque
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nahuel Leivas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Franco Martinez: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The form table has caught Gary Kagelmacher
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Salomón Rodríguez leaves them behind him
Shots: 13. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Match22 Aug 2026
Montevideo City Torque and Progreso cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Progreso came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Ezequiel Busquets gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ezequiel Busquets is on it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Esteban Obregón linked with a move away
The name of Esteban Obregón keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Montevideo City Torque say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Esteban Obregón has taken the shirt
At 24 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Montevideo City Torque are won quietly and lost loudly.
In brief
- The dugout Gastón Rodríguez left out for tactical reasons at Montevideo City Torque
- Player ratings Gonzalo Montes was unplayable
- Squad Ramiro Lecchini has had enough of the bench