The Penarol Chronicle
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Nicolás Fernández
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A brace, and Luis Miguel Ángulo takes the afternoon — 8.26
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Luis Miguel Ángulo provided it, and the 8.26 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Mateo Ureta signs for Cerro Largo while still at Penarol
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Mateo Ureta has agreed terms with Cerro Largo for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Abel Hernández 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 Penarol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market15 Feb 2027
Penarol may not be able to give Facundo Batista what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Facundo Batista wants continental football; whether Penarol can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Penarol
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
Penarol find a way past Miramar Misiones
Miramar Misiones made Penarol work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Luis Miguel Ángulo
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Washington Aguerre gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Daniel Jimenez steps up from the Penarol academy
- Market Santiago Godoy steps up from the Penarol academy
- Market Alvaro Acosta steps up from the Penarol academy