The Artigas Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Franco Martínez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Artigas
Braian Vargas 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Diego Blanco will join Artigas for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Diego Blanco has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Artigas have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
Artigas promote Fernando Garcia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Garcia 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
Artigas promote Federico Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Federico Martinez 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: Martin Martinez joins the Artigas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Martinez 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
One of our own: Ivan Olivera joins the Artigas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Olivera 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
Late, late show earns Artigas a point
Minute 93, against Deportivo Maldonado, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Alles is a square peg at Artigas
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Artigas
- Match Artigas share the spoils with Deportivo Maldonado
- The dugout Federico Cardozo: “We have to be better”