The Barracas Central Gazette
Squad27 Mar 2028
Thyago Ayala 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 Barracas Central this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Words at Barracas Central training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Manuel Duarte 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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Francisco Cora out for 28 days
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Francisco Cora, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Joel Flecha has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Barracas Central will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Lautaro Gaitán 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.
Looking ahead27 Mar 2028
Jhonatan Candia faces his old club
Rosario Central next, and one man in the Barracas Central dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market27 Mar 2028
Barracas Central put Facundo Mater up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Facundo Mater may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
A door opens for Leandro Moreira
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Wilfredo Rivera knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Wilfredo Rivera trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Kevin Jappert finally belongs at Barracas Central
- Looking ahead An away day at Rosario Central next for Barracas Central