The Liverpool Montevideo Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
66 days out for Diego Zabala after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Liverpool Montevideo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Renzo Machado, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.78
A mark of 7.78 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Liverpool Montevideo
Diego Zabala and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Liverpool Montevideo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match13 Feb 2027
Franco Nicola the difference as Liverpool Montevideo beat Oriental
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Franco Nicola. 2‑1 against Oriental, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Liverpool Montevideo supporters have found a favourite in Renzo Machado
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Renzo Machado has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market15 Feb 2027
Liverpool Montevideo promote Leonardo Fernandez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Fernandez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Liverpool Montevideo promote Joaquin Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joaquin Gonzalez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Liverpool Montevideo promote Kevin Garcia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kevin 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.
In brief
- Market Daniel Cabrera steps up from the Liverpool Montevideo academy
- Squad Nicolás Muscio out for 22 days
- Squad Diego Romero falls out with a teammate over standards