Cycles of success in Uruguay are inevitably short. Occasionally a small club breaks through and briefly interrupts the dominance of the big two, before the side is broken apart and normal service resumes. And with such a small domestic market, even the traditional Montevideo giants are unable to keep a good team together.
Last year belonged to Nacional, but with both Luis Suarez and key midfielder Felipe Carballo decamping to Gremio in Brazil, the pendulum swung back towards Penarol,
