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Steady
Match18 Sep 2028
Colon are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 46 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom18 Sep 2028
The numbers do not look good at Colon
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Boardroom18 Sep 2028
Wages eat 107% of everything Colon earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad18 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago Marcel
“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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Martín Coirolo 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.
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Crisis
Match26 Jun 2028
Colon up to position 2
36 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
Colon counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Colon now.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Andrés Olivera
“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 Jun 2028
Colon come up short against La Luz
La Luz left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
Wages eat 110% of everything Colon earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Match13 May 2028
Still nobody has beaten Colon
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad15 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Leandro Méndez
“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.
Match13 May 2028
Three points for Colon, 1-0 the final word against Cerrito in a contest settled by the finer margins.
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Upbeat
Match8 Apr 2028
A 1-0 win over Tacuarembo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago Marcel
“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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Ronald Álvarez 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 Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market31 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colon can pretend not to have heard.
Match29 May 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 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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Uneasy
Market29 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colon can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Colon's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Colon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad29 Mar 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.
Match27 Mar 2027
A 2-2 draw with Uruguay Montevideo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad29 Mar 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Colon have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Bruno Airaldi 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 Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Colon's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Colon has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
157% of the income goes out in wages at Colon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad22 Feb 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.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luciano Barrios and Colon agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
464% of the income goes out in wages at Colon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market28 Dec 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Colon signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market28 Dec 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Andrés Olivera keeps the shirt for now, at Colon's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
Cristian Britos has left for Artigas in a $77.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Dec 2026
90 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market21 Dec 2026
He is 20, and nobody at Colon signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A new face in his position, and Andrés Olivera suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Colon have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market21 Dec 2026
Colon have made Martín González available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
Cerrito come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Colon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Dec 2026
Jairo Guerra has left for Danubio in a $83.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market14 Dec 2026
The name of Cristian Britos has come up in conversations Colon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market14 Dec 2026
Facundo Barreto is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Colon has been clear about where Facundo Barreto stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad14 Dec 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 Colon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Colon is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.