The Colon Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Colon
Leandro Méndez 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 ratings10 Aug 2026
Anthony Sosa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Bentancur steps up from the Colon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Bentancur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Emiliano Silva joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emiliano Silva is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colon promote Ignacio Suarez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Suarez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Franco Rivera joins the Colon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franco Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Colon and Uruguay Montevideo take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Daniel Ugarte on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Daniel Ugarte after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Agustín de Armas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Agustín de Armas, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Maximiliano Ohaco
- Squad Nahuel Marzochi finally opens his account
- The dugout Tomás Lerman does not fit this one