Ivan Coates

Right Midfielder - Bella Vista U18
22 Nov 2026
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5 Edition

The Bella Vista Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Bella Vista

0‑2 against Liverpool Montevideo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Bella Vista

Carlos Núñez 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.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Carlos Núñez

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

Squad31 Aug 2026

Bella Vista are still strangers to each other

17 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Cristian Jimenez answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

The manager has not finished forgetting Nicolás Brun'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.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nicolás Brun will replay that one

1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Bella Vista pick somebody else ahead of Dyohan Cabrera

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Hernán González

Successful dribbles: 6. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Bella Vista Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Jonathan Lima is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Jonathan Lima: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match19 Aug 2026

Bella Vista through in the cup

A 0‑0 win over Rentistas, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Bella Vista

Carlos Núñez 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 ratings24 Aug 2026

Nicolás Brun fails from the spot

Twelve yards and the whole ground holding its breath, and it did not go in. He will put his name down for the next one, which is the only thing to do.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Ivan Coates signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivan Coates commits to Bella Vista for another 3 years.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The form table has caught Dyohan Cabrera

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.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Cristian Jimenez on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Cristian Jimenez after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Jorge Graví was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 12. 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 dugout24 Aug 2026

The plan did not have a place for Diego Arismendi

Nobody at Bella Vista is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief