The Uruguay Montevideo Courier
Match12 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Uruguay Montevideo's wait for a win
27 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Uruguay Montevideo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market14 Feb 2028
Guzmán Pereira hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Uruguay Montevideo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Uruguay Montevideo
Andrés Samurio 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.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Uruguay Montevideo
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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Uruguay Montevideo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Rosa is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Andrés Samurio
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Fernando Ramirez joins the Uruguay Montevideo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
Uruguay Montevideo promote Facundo Rivera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Rivera 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Uruguay Montevideo promote Jorge Pereira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge 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.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Uruguay Montevideo board did not keep
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Uruguay Montevideo
- Match Uruguay Montevideo and Deportivo Maldonado take a point apiece