The Barracas Central Gazette
Squad8 Feb 2027
Dardo Miloc breaks a bone — 38 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Damián Martínez says Barracas Central 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Barracas Central
Juan Espínola was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Barracas Central
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
Words at Barracas Central training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jhonatan Candia 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Barracas Central against River Plate
0‑2 to River Plate, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Manuel Duarte runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Eduardo Domínguez joins the Barracas Central first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Domínguez 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
Barracas Central promote Lucas Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Cohen 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.
In brief
- Market Iván Ramírez steps up from the Barracas Central academy
- Market Mario Pérez steps up from the Barracas Central academy
- Player ratings An afternoon Iván Tapia will want back