The Tacuarembo Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Douglas Jardel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Douglas Jardel and Tacuarembo agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Tacuarembo
Douglas Jardel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Tacuarembo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álvaro San Emeterio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tacuarembo and Mauro Estol are talking past each other
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Douglas Jardel's contract
36 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
Tacuarembo are still strangers to each other
24 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Pablo López takes the honours
Marked 7.64 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Tacuarembo had the best player on the pitch.
Match1 Aug 2026
Tacuarembo share the spoils with Rentistas
A 1‑1 draw with Rentistas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Alvaro Ugarte on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Alvaro Ugarte after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Mauro Estol
- Looking ahead Anderson Brum faces his old club
- Player ratings Esteban de Lima ran the game