The Albion Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
Albion through in the cup
A 1‑1 win over Defensor Sporting, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Danilo Lerda decides it from twelve yards
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Román Gutiérrez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Albion
Hernán Toledo 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Leonardo Pais
Marked 8.99 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Briam Acosta
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Briam Acosta, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the pace: Agustín Vera
- Squad Renzo Barbieri makes his debut at 20
- Player ratings Briam Acosta never got going
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Leonardo Pais