The Central Norte Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Central Norte
Agustín Lamosa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Maximiliano Ribero 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Álvez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match29 Aug 2026
Central Norte see off Defensores
Three points for Central Norte, 1‑0 the final word against Defensores in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Joaquín Mateo 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Erik Bodencer stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.80 on the card, and the Central Norte support went home talking about one name.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Central Norte
23 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 dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Bautista Ferreyra kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Matías Villarreal knocks on the manager's door
“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 Norte, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market No place for Alejo Soni in the plan
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Elías Calderón
- Squad “I want to play”: Tobías Pantoja speaks