The Penarol Chronicle
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Leonardo Fernández: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Penarol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Penarol count the cost of losing Sebastián Britos
50 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Thiago Espinosa at Penarol
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Thiago Espinosa is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market19 Oct 2026
Mauricio Lemos wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Daniel Caceres joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Caceres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Fernando Diaz joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Diaz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Alejandro Rivera joins the Penarol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Penarol
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jesús Trindade was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
Matías Arezo wants to come home
“I did not go to Burgos to sit and watch. I want to come back to Penarol and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Squad Renzo Cupla in a row with a teammate
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Leandro Umpiérrez
- The dugout When it matters, Thiago Espinosa plays