The Tacuarembo Courier
Squad18 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Tacuarembo
Mauro Estol and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Mauro Estol
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Santiago Vargas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Manuel Núñez has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Manuel Núñez has written the date down.
Market18 Jan 2027
The Ian López story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ian López signs something — a contract at Tacuarembo or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Esteban de Lima knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Diego Méndez keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Lucas Valverde back in training