The Barracas Central Gazette
Squad27 Nov 2028
16 days out for Federico Sellecchia after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Barracas Central will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Manuel Duarte 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.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
No hiding place for Iván Guaraz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iván Guaraz, and the manager let it.
Loan watch27 Nov 2028
Nahuel Olmedo wants to come home
“I did not go to Dinamo Tbilisi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Barracas Central and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 19 matches say the rest.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Iván Guaraz gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Iván Guaraz is on it.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Alexis Orellano 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 Alexis Orellano trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market27 Nov 2028
The Wilfredo Rivera question follows Barracas Central around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Wilfredo Rivera’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Leandro Barro has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Leandro Barro has written the date down.
Market27 Nov 2028
Ezequiel Montagna runs his contract down
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Barracas Central money.
In brief
- Squad Iván Tapia is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Welcome back, Daniel Correa