The Nacional Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Nagoya Grampus come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nacional did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Vecino gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Matías Vecino has just signed for Nacional, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Alexis Cuadro signs for Boston River while still at Nacional
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Alexis Cuadro has agreed terms with Boston River for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gastón Martirena in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Matías Vecino comes home
The shirt still fits. Matías Vecino is back at Nacional, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joaquín Lauz out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Joaquín Lauz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maximiliano Silvera signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximiliano Silvera commits to Nacional for another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gaston Ugarte steps up from the Nacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gaston Ugarte 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nacional promote Rodrigo Araujo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rodrigo Araujo 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
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Maximiliano Gómez
- Player ratings Alejandro Martínez stands above it all
- Match Nacional and Progreso take a point apiece