The Central Norte Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ramiro Costa
34 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Central Norte lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Enzo Vázquez
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Central Norte
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Agustín Lamosa 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Elías Calderón 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 Norte this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Feb 2027
Central Norte promote Leonardo Vázquez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Vázquez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Enzo Cabrera joins the Central Norte first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enzo Cabrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Daniel Flores joins the Central Norte first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Flores is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gael Lucero steps up from the Central Norte academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gael Lucero has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Central Norte come up short against Morón
- Boardroom Central Norte turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings An afternoon Maximiliano Ribero will want back