The Colon Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Andrés Olivera stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrés Olivera and Colon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Colon
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leandro Méndez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Colon
Anthony Sosa 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Colon come up short against Atenas
Atenas left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Andrés Olivera's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
18 new faces, and Colon are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Cristian Pereira faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Cristian Pereira after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Colon and Agustín Chopitea
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Colon, another week without a signature from Agustín Chopitea.
Looking ahead3 Aug 2026
A reunion for Andrés Olivera
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Uruguay Montevideo in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- The dugout Jairo Guerra does not fit this one
- Player ratings Leandro Méndez runs at them all day
- Market Colon put Jonathan Ríos up for sale