Axel Cabrera

Left Midfielder - Central Espanol
25 May 2030
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199 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces20 May 2030

Supporters organise against the Central Espanol board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Match20 May 2030

Every point is an argument now for Central Espanol

Position 13 and 13 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.

Market20 May 2030

Maximiliano Rodríguez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Espanol can pretend not to have heard.

Market20 May 2030

Ezequiel Franco has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Espanol they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad20 May 2030

Words exchanged at Central Espanol

Juan Ignacio Dupont 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.

Squad20 May 2030

Words at Central Espanol training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Máximo Alonso 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.

Match18 May 2030

Central Espanol come up short against Bella Vista

Bella Vista left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout20 May 2030

The manager makes an example of Marcos Montiel

“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.

Match20 May 2030

Central Espanol at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 13, 13 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

In brief

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The Central Espanol Gazette

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout29 Apr 2030

León Fariza: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Espanol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market29 Apr 2030

Federico Hernández is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Central Espanol is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad29 Apr 2030

Words exchanged at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso 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.

Match27 Apr 2030

A bad afternoon for Central Espanol against Colon

1‑2 to Colon, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout29 Apr 2030

Juan Ignacio Dupont 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.

Squad29 Apr 2030

A row about effort at Central Espanol

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcos Montiel was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom29 Apr 2030

102% of the income goes out in wages at Central Espanol

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout29 Apr 2030

Facundo Valverde: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings29 Apr 2030

Axel Cabrera runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

167 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

8 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom8 Oct 2029

Central Espanol spell it out for Facundo Valverde

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Facundo Valverde has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Squad8 Oct 2029

Máximo Alonso 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 Central Espanol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad8 Oct 2029

A row about effort at Central Espanol

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodolfo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

The manager has not finished forgetting Marcos Montiel's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

Rodolfo without the man who signed him

Every squad is half players the manager chose and half players he inherited. Rodolfo was chosen, the man who chose him has gone, and he starts again from nothing under the next one.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

Franco González 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.

Squad8 Oct 2029

Máximo Alonso is doing the arithmetic

The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Central Espanol says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.

The dugout8 Oct 2029

León Fariza 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.

Boardroom8 Oct 2029

Central Espanol answer back

A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.

In brief

153 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad2 Jul 2029

Ángel Viotti breaks a bone — 59 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market2 Jul 2029

Facundo Borges agrees terms with Cerro

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Central Espanol people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market2 Jul 2029

Facundo Borges asks to leave Central Espanol

“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.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

León Fariza keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Espanol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Rodolfo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rodolfo and Central Espanol agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Words exchanged at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso 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.

Squad2 Jul 2029

A row about effort at Central Espanol

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodolfo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

Central Espanol beat the market to Axel Cabrera from Nacional

Nacional will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Axel Cabrera has pre-agreed a move to Central Espanol, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Transfer targets2 Jul 2029

River Plate tell Central Espanol: Nicolás Sosa is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

153 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match27 Jun 2029

Santiago Ramírez sends Nacional through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Santiago Ramírez obliged against Bella Vista. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Nacional.

Match30 Jun 2029

Tiago Palacios leads the rout of Liverpool Montevideo

4‑0, and Tiago Palacios took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Nacional tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Washington Aguerre breaks a bone — 26 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings2 Jul 2029

Both of them Tiago Palacios's — 8.87

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.87, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market2 Jul 2029

Santiago Ramírez agrees terms with Oriental

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Nacional people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market2 Jul 2029

Facundo González asks to leave Nacional

“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.

Transfer targets2 Jul 2029

Den Bosch tell Nacional: Nicolás Rossi is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout2 Jul 2029

Gabriel Reta says Nacional went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market2 Jul 2029

Tiago Palacios wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Nacional hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

In brief