The Atenas Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atenas
Facundo Briñón was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atenas promote Federico Godoy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Federico Godoy 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atenas promote Felipe Garcia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ignacio Rivera joins the Atenas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lucas Diaz joins the Atenas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas Diaz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
17 new faces, and Atenas are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Fernando Coates on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Fernando Coates after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Emanuel Carlos
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Match8 Aug 2026
Atenas and Colon cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Colon came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Looking ahead Lucas Medina goes back to face Tacuarembo
- The dugout No place in the plan for Matías González
- Squad A season on the outside for Emanuel Carlos