The Córdoba Post
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Theo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Córdoba may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
No sign of nerves from Buba Sangaré at 19 — 7.69
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Buba Sangaré did not need any: 7.69, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match6 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Córdoba
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nico Serrano runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Córdoba
Diego Bri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Córdoba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Isma Ruiz 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
3 matches without a goal for Córdoba
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
One of their own: Buba Sangaré
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market8 Feb 2027
Córdoba promote Jan Diez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jan Diez 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
- Squad Ricardo Duran pulls a muscle — 14 days out
- The dugout No hiding place for Paulino De la Fuente
- Squad Buba Sangaré makes the team of the month