The Durazno Herald
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Cristian Matosas keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Durazno may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match10 Feb 2029
The wait goes on for Durazno
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market12 Feb 2029
Federico Presedo is a Durazno 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Durazno
Santiago Scotto and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Durazno
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Brian Cabrera joins the Durazno first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Cabrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2029
Luis Araujo steps up from the Durazno academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Araujo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Feb 2029
Diego Ugarte steps up from the Durazno academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Ugarte has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Durazno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabián Borges is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Alan Correa gets it from the manager
- Squad Federico Presedo signs a new deal
- Match Durazno and Artigas take a point apiece