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Upbeat
Match6 Nov 2027
Still nobody has beaten Penarol
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match6 Nov 2027
A 3-1 win over Huachipato, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Matías Arezo left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Matías Arezo will call it something else in private.
Squad8 Nov 2027
A season average of 7.26 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Nov 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Penarol have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market8 Nov 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Tomás Gemelli moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
The press cannot get enough of Gastón Togni
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Penarol board back the manager
A public word of support from the board and, more usefully, an understanding about what the next window will look like.
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Steady
Squad27 Sep 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Penarol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Abel Hernández 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 Penarol, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Emiliano Márquez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Upbeat
Market31 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Penarol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match29 May 2027
Fenix made Penarol work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 May 2027
Lucas Ferreira asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad31 May 2027
Javier Cabrera unhappy with how he is being used
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Javier Cabrera has let it be known that he does not like the way Penarol are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Steady
Market3 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 May 2027
Franco Escobar: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Penarol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match1 May 2027
0-1 to Liverpool Montevideo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom3 May 2027
Nobody left the Penarol dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad3 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Brandon Álvarez and Penarol agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Abel Hernández
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Cerro will be the happier side with the point.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Đorđe Nikolić 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 Penarol, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match20 Feb 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Emanuel Gularte
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
“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 Penarol, and 2 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad22 Feb 2027
At 18 years old, Renzo Cupla became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Franco González
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
6.85 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.
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Triumph
Match19 Aug 2026
Penarol march on in the cup
Artigas are out and Penarol go through, 2-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match22 Aug 2026
Penarol cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Javier Cabrera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 Aug 2026
Three points for Penarol, 1-0 the final word against Danubio in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Penarol, and both men came out saying it was fine.