The Nueva Chicago Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Facundo Castro takes the afternoon — 8.96
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Facundo Castro provided it, and the 8.96 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match8 Aug 2026
Facundo Castro breaks Central Norte hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Facundo Castro scored in the 85th minute, Central Norte had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Nueva Chicago took the lot.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dylan Gissi 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 Nueva Chicago this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Facundo Castro sends Nueva Chicago past Central Norte
It finished 2‑1, and it was Facundo Castro’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Nueva Chicago.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon ran through Evelio Cardozo
Chances created: 15. Nothing on the scoresheet and everything in the match: the pass before the pass, over and over, until the defence stopped guessing right.
Market10 Aug 2026
Liam De Luca steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam De Luca 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 Aug 2026
One of our own: Hernán Méndez joins the Nueva Chicago first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hernán Méndez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Benjamín Iglesias steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Iglesias 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 Aug 2026
Fernando Pereyra steps up from the Nueva Chicago academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Pereyra 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.
In brief
- Squad Number 50 for Facundo Castro
- Squad Words at Nueva Chicago training over how hard people work
- The dugout The view from the dugout