Artigas U20

1 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process
5 Edition

The Artigas Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luiz puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Artigas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Carlos da Rosa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Artigas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Still no signature from Luiz

4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Artigas could get for him.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Artigas Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Emilio MacEachen in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Artigas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Nicolás Gracés gets it from the manager

“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.

Squad

“I want to play”: Nicolás Gracés speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

3 Edition

The Artigas Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Artigas out of the cup

Liverpool Montevideo ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Kevin Torena runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Hugo Paz out for 43 days

The medical room confirms 43 days on the sidelines for Hugo Paz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Artigas

Emilio MacEachen 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Luiz

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luiz, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Anderson Magrão keeps on missing

Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

2 Edition

The Artigas Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 19 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Tempers go at Artigas

Emilio MacEachen 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Artigas against Deportivo Maldonado

2‑4 to Deportivo Maldonado, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Nicolás Leites

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Yonathan Gorgoroso gets it from the manager

“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.

Market

Nobody at Artigas has picked up the phone to Nicolás Leites

48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Luiz 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 Artigas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Emilio MacEachen finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Artigas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Player ratings

Anderson Magrão leaves them behind him

Shots: 8. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

1 Edition

The Artigas Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luiz asks to leave Artigas

“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.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Luiz

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Nicolás Leites

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Yonathan Gorgoroso signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yonathan Gorgoroso and Artigas agree another 3 years.

Squad

Emilio MacEachen in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Artigas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Octavio Pereira gets it from the manager

“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.

In brief