The Central Norte Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Arián Pucheta
104 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Central Norte lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Ramiro Costa keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Norte may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
An order from above at Central Norte: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Central Norte
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Central Norte are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Agustín Lamosa 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Central Norte
2 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
A row about effort at Central Norte
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maximiliano Ribero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match6 Feb 2027
3 matches without a goal for Central Norte
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Facundo Miranda joins the Central Norte first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Facundo Miranda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Central Norte promote Cristian González from within
- Squad Appearance number 100 for Pedro Sanz
- Boardroom Central Norte board go back on their word