The Liverpool Montevideo Chronicle
Match26 Apr 2036
No end in sight to Liverpool Montevideo's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Liverpool Montevideo has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings28 Apr 2036
Lautaro Pannoni beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad28 Apr 2036
Tempers go at Liverpool Montevideo
Lautaro Pannoni 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.
Squad28 Apr 2036
A row about effort at Liverpool Montevideo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gonzalo Valdivia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch28 Apr 2036
Manuel Morales has seen enough of Canadian
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Liverpool Montevideo, and 2 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Match26 Apr 2036
Liverpool Montevideo and Wanderers take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout28 Apr 2036
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Interim Coach chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout28 Apr 2036
Lautaro Pannoni knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Liverpool Montevideo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout28 Apr 2036
No hiding place for Rodrigo Bentancur
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Bentancur, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Franco Valverde dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Jonathan Sanchez makes his debut at 18
- Market Felipe Ogaz linked with a move away