The Oriental Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Christian Franco takes the afternoon — 8.24
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Christian Franco provided it, and the 8.24 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Alexandrino 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 Oriental this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oriental promote Thiago Pereira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Pereira 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: Emiliano Sanchez joins the Oriental first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emiliano Sanchez 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
Oriental promote Daniel Bentancur from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Bentancur 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
Oriental promote Maximiliano Torres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maximiliano Torres 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kauê Silva signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kauê Silva commits to Oriental for another 3 years.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Rodríguez 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Cerrito snatch it back from Oriental
A goal on 92 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
In brief
- Match Oriental share the spoils with Cerrito
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Oriental pick somebody else ahead of Franco Tejera