The Progreso Post
Squad14 Feb 2028
17 days out for Andrés Mehring after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Progreso will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Fernando Diaz damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Ayrton Cougo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Progreso may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ezequiel Bulacio puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Progreso, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Feb 2028
Progreso may not be able to give Agustín Pinheiro what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Agustín Pinheiro wants continental football; whether Progreso can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Progreso tie Sebastian Alvarez down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Progreso
Agustín Pinheiro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Progreso
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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Emiliano Álvarez 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Juan Sebastián Rivero
- Market Progreso promote Marcelo Suarez from within
- Market One of our own: Marcelo Varela joins the Progreso first team