The Penarol Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
Leonardo Fernández stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Fernández and Penarol agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Penarol
Eric Remedi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market7 Sep 2026
Penarol promote Manuel Olivera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Manuel Olivera 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Penarol promote Santiago Castro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Castro 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Penarol promote Ignacio Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Silva 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ignacio Barrios steps up from the Penarol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignacio Barrios 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for Abel Hernández at Penarol
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Penarol training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jesús Trindade is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Junior Arias
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Leonardo Fernández gets picked when it counts
- The dugout A door opens for Leonardo Fernández
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Cerro Largo at home