The CE Europa Courier
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at CE Europa
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Juan Flere keeps CE Europa in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Óscar Vacas goes up and wins it — 7.85
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.85 for the rest of it.
The dugout30 Apr 2029
Lorik Gashi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” CE Europa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Apr 2029
A falling-out at CE Europa
Khalid Noureddine and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Time is catching up with Jordi Cano
Everybody at CE Europa saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 34 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Words at CE Europa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Efe Korkut 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.
Player ratings30 Apr 2029
Josu Gallastegui did the work nobody counts — 6.92
12 combined actions and 6.92. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Match24 Apr 2029
CE Europa see off Juventud Torremolinos
Three points for CE Europa, 2‑0 the final word against Juventud Torremolinos in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Kuki Zalazar at his very best
- Player ratings Mathieu Robin beats them one at a time
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Cristobal Chadwick