Uruguay haven’t beaten Les Bleues in over 42 years. The last time they did was in the 1966 World Cup where the Charrúas came out on top in Group A play 2-1 at White City in London. 36 years later, in the 2002 World Cup, these two teams would lock horns again but [...]

Fabián Canobbio was a known quantity for Real Madrid as stun them back in his days with Celta Vigo. Today he did the same but with Real Valladolid and with bigger consequences.

This was one of the most important games of the season for Real Madrid. Bernd Schuster knew that this was the [...]

People can tell you how a fine European sports car drives in the Autobahn, but you can never grasp what they are saying until you actually jump into the million-dollar Ferrari and go 180-miles per hour.

Uruguayan international Álvaro Recoba will have to be out of the Panionios lineup for the next month after suffering a glute injury. After suffering the injuring this past weekend, an ultrasound confirmed there being a tear in the gemellus muscle in his right glute.
Currently Panionios find themselves in ninth place with 11 points.

La Celeste fell to 23rd place in the latest release of the Coca Cola FIFA Rankings. The Uruguayans were leapfrogged by Africa powers Nigeria and reigning champs Egypt.
The fall comes as a result of their loss against Argentina in Buenos Aires and their heroic draw against Bolivia in La Paz. [...]

Marcelo Zalayeta- The Napoli forward came off the bench and scored in the 74th minutes as the Neapolitans came out on top against Sampdoria 2-0.

Luis Suárez- Ajax pummeled Sparta Rotterdam 5-2 and they were led by Suárez’ brace. This was the Uruguayan international’s third goal in two matches as he scored midweek [...]

Nacional struggled but still won. They are still ahead of the pack as their match against Peñarol looms. They might as well not think too much about that because they Danubio coming up next weekend. Peñarol struggled but the dam ended up breaking against Villa Española. River Plate stopped the bleeding after winning for the first time in six weeks.

This was the week in the Uruguayan Apertura.

In this new piece we will start featuring every so often we will focus on a particular player that was key in Uruguayan football history. In this particular instance we will focus on a discussion with Peñarol god Fernando Morena.

Martín Cáceres came in to replace Rafa Márquez in Barcelona’s 6-0 thrashing of Valladolid at the Nou Camp. The Uruguayan international got to see first hand one of Samuel Eto’o’s greatest performances after the Cameroonian goalscorer scored four of the culé goals and remained atop La Liga.

Juan Salgueiro and Andrés Scotti were instrumental in sealing the deal for Estudiantes and Argentinos Juniors in the Copa Sudamericana quarters. Salgueiro scored against Botafogo, who were missing Uruguayan international goalkeeper Juan Castillo after he tore his ACL. Scotti scored the tournament clincher for El Bicho as they eliminated Brazilian giant Palmeiras.
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