The Atenas Sentinel
Player ratings24 Jun 2030
Ferreira scores twice — 9.18
Two goals and a mark of 9.18 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market24 Jun 2030
Atenas turn down Uruguay Montevideo for Emanuel Carlos
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings24 Jun 2030
Lucas Bassadone runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Jun 2030
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.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Brian González falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match22 Jun 2030
Ferreira the difference as Atenas beat Tacuarembo
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ferreira. 3‑1 against Tacuarembo, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
Atenas rebuffed over Kevin Morgan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Penarol have kept their man, and Atenas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market24 Jun 2030
Atenas promote Emiliano Olivera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Olivera 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.
Market24 Jun 2030
One of our own: Ivan Martinez joins the Atenas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Rafael Torres joins the Atenas first team
- Player ratings Emanuel Carlos was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Pablo Martínez signs a new deal