The Liverpool Montevideo Chronicle
Squad17 Mar 2031
A fracture rules Robert Ergas out for 93 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Liverpool Montevideo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match12 Mar 2031
Liverpool Montevideo march on in the cup
Atenas are out and Liverpool Montevideo go through, 3‑2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match12 Mar 2031
Liverpool Montevideo win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 111th minute. Atenas will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings17 Mar 2031
No sign of nerves from Facundo Lopez at 17 — 8.00
The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Facundo Lopez did not need any: 8.00, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Mar 2031
Tempers go at Liverpool Montevideo
Kevin Amaro 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.
Market17 Mar 2031
Liverpool Montevideo may not be able to give Axel Pérez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Axel Pérez wants continental football; whether Liverpool Montevideo can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad17 Mar 2031
Santiago Laquidain 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.
Player ratings17 Mar 2031
Nobody could get near Franco Nicola
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 Mar 2031
Gonzalo de Mello’s goal not enough for Liverpool Montevideo
Gonzalo de Mello scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Nacional, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Facundo Lopez
- Squad No hiding place for Santiago Laquidain
- Player ratings Lucas Ymbert never got going