The Bella Vista Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
Bella Vista march on in the cup
Basanez are out and Bella Vista go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match12 Aug 2026
Cruel end for Basanez as Bella Vista pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Bella Vista scored in the 123th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Facundo Morales, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.64
A mark of 7.64 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Hernán González beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bella Vista
Fabricio Santos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Benjamín Rodríguez
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Silva 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 ratings17 Aug 2026
Joaquín Rodríguez in the eights
A performance of 8.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Adrián Leites needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Bella Vista know which stage they are at.
In brief
- Market Bella Vista and Lucas Pazos are talking past each other
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Bella Vista pick somebody else ahead of Franco Rodríguez