The Artigas Chronicle
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Federico Viera says Artigas went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Artigas
Emilio MacEachen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Artigas
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match13 Feb 2027
Artigas come up short against River Plate
River Plate left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Jorge Ramirez joins the Artigas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
Artigas promote Brian Ugarte from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brian Ugarte 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
7 new faces, and Artigas 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 dugout15 Feb 2027
Gaston Ferreira answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
When it matters, Yonathan Gorgoroso plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Alexander Rosso
- Player ratings Octavio Pereira beats them one at a time
- Looking ahead A reunion for Emilio MacEachen