The Oriental Sentinel
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Oriental run out of patience with Agustin Nunez
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Agustin Nunez clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Christian Paiva: 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.” Oriental have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Bruno Jimenez steps up at Oriental for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Oriental
Enzo Vlaeminch and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Oriental
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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ángel Maciel 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.
Match10 Feb 2029
Oriental find a way past Deportivo Maldonado
Deportivo Maldonado made Oriental work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market12 Feb 2029
Jonathan Viera steps up from the Oriental academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Viera 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Oriental promote Brian Morales from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brian Morales 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 One of our own: Leonardo Silva joins the Oriental first team
- Market Oriental promote Marcelo Gonzalez from within
- Match Oriental make home a hard place to visit