The Montevideo City Torque Sentinel
Squad15 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Franco Torgnascioli
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market15 Feb 2027
Thiago Garcia comes home
The shirt still fits. Thiago Garcia is back at Montevideo City Torque, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
Ignacio Torres comes home
The shirt still fits. Ignacio Torres is back at Montevideo City Torque, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
Bruno Caceres is a Montevideo City Torque player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
Sergio Rivera is a Montevideo City Torque player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Eduardo Agüero stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eduardo Agüero and Montevideo City Torque agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Salomón Rodríguez
“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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 166. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Franco Torgnascioli
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
In brief
- Match Montevideo City Torque and Cerro cancel each other out
- Squad Eduardo Agüero knocks on the manager's door
- Loan watch Gaziantep cannot leave Nahuel da Silva out