Russo

Left Midfielder - Central Norte
9 Jan 2029
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Marked for Russo

110 Edition

The Central Norte Courier

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match2 Sep 2028

Central Norte win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 90th minute. Defensores will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Player ratings4 Sep 2028

A brace, and Francisco Borda takes the afternoon — 9.20

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Francisco Borda provided it, and the 9.20 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market4 Sep 2028

Nahuel Vives hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Norte can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings4 Sep 2028

Ezequiel Quiroga, 20, steals the show — 7.66

Marked 7.66 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Francisco Borda is carrying Central Norte

22 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Words exchanged at Central Norte

Maximiliano Ribero and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings4 Sep 2028

Franco Vedoya beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match2 Sep 2028

Francisco Borda sends Central Norte past Defensores

It finished 3‑1, and it was Francisco Borda’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Central Norte.

The terraces4 Sep 2028

Central Norte supporters have found a favourite in Agustín López

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Agustín López has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

Back issues
76 Edition

The Central Norte Courier

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Jan 2028

Mauro Matorras hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Norte can pretend not to have heard.

Squad10 Jan 2028

Kevin Isa Luna signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevin Isa Luna commits to Central Norte for another 4 years.

Squad10 Jan 2028

Maximiliano Ribero 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.

Market10 Jan 2028

One of our own: Russo joins the Central Norte first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Russo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Jan 2028

Martín Russo steps up from the Central Norte academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martín Russo 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.

Market10 Jan 2028

One of our own: Yaya joins the Central Norte first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yaya is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Transfer targets10 Jan 2028

Damián Constanzo stays at River Plate as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Central Norte will try again when the window opens; River Plate may not be selling by then.

The dugout10 Jan 2028

No hiding place for Mauricio Rosales

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauricio Rosales, and the manager let it.

The dugout10 Jan 2028

Maximiliano Ribero 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