The Penarol Chronicle
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Penarol's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Penarol has to find a result from somewhere.
Market15 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Stiven Muhlethaler
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Stiven Muhlethaler will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Penarol the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Bruno Gauna gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Bruno Gauna has just signed for Penarol, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Penarol
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Agustin Ramirez joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Agustin Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Manuel Acosta joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Acosta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Ignacio Coates joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Coates is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Penarol
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Ferreira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match13 Feb 2027
Matías Arezo answers Juventud immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Matías Arezo had Penarol level again within 4 minutes, and Juventud never got to play with a lead at all.
In brief
- Boardroom Penarol are making the ground bigger
- Squad Gonzalo Gelini in a row with a teammate
- Loan watch Lorenzo Couture wants to come home