The Central Espanol Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Lócio
34 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Central Espanol lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad15 Feb 2027
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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Central Espanol
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match13 Feb 2027
Central Espanol get the job done against Artigas
A 2‑1 win over Artigas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Mariano Aguilera
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market15 Feb 2027
Thiago Sanchez steps up from the Central Espanol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thiago Sanchez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Central Espanol promote Mathias Coates from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mathias Coates 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Central Espanol promote Jose Bentancur from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Bentancur 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Diego Gomez joins the Central Espanol first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Gomez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Facundo Milán in the eights
- Player ratings Máximo Alonso runs at them all day
- Squad 7 new faces, and Central Espanol are still learning each other