Marked for Alan Laprida
From our football correspondent
Steady
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Córdoba SdE may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market1 Feb 2027
Córdoba come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Central Córdoba SdE did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Facundo Mansilla, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Central Córdoba SdE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Luciano Vietto falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Central Córdoba SdE than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Marchi, and the manager let it.
The dugout1 Feb 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 Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Looking ahead1 Feb 2027
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Luciano Vietto’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Central Córdoba SdE needing him to play as if none of it matters.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Central Córdoba SdE, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Córdoba SdE may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Central Córdoba SdE have had the benefit of it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Central Córdoba SdE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Central Córdoba SdE asked and Estudiantes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad4 Jan 2027
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yoel Gerez commits to Central Córdoba SdE for another 3 years.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
A loan move for Luciano Vietto is in the works
Central Córdoba SdE have made the call to Villarreal. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yoel Gerez, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
“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 Central Córdoba SdE, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Córdoba SdE may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Central Córdoba SdE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Horacio Tijanovich was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
A loan move for Luciano Vietto is in the works
Central Córdoba SdE have made the call to Villarreal. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
A loan enquiry to Corinthians: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Santiago Moyano 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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Steady
Match2 Nov 2026
Position 13 and 10 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Ezequiel Naya and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Ezequiel Naya
“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.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Central Córdoba SdE told Facundo Mansilla something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
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Crisis
Match5 Sep 2026
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Central Córdoba SdE are no longer polite ones.
Match5 Sep 2026
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 6 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diego Barrera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Facundo Mansilla and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match5 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ezequiel Naya, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Martín Núñez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.