The Barracas Central Gazette
Match6 Feb 2027
Barracas Central turn it around against Rosario Central
Going 2 down does something to a side, and what it usually does is finish them. Not here. Barracas Central rebuilt the afternoon goal by goal, and Rosario Central had no answer to any of it.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A brace, and Jhonatan Candia takes the afternoon — 8.58
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jhonatan Candia provided it, and the 8.58 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Fernando Tobio says Barracas Central went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 Feb 2027
Juan Pablo Insúa asks to leave Barracas Central
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market8 Feb 2027
The Fénix deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Rodrigo Bogarín reports back to Barracas Central with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Barracas Central
Fabricio Bustos 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Barracas Central
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match6 Feb 2027
Barracas Central get the job done against Rosario Central
A 3‑2 win over Rosario Central, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Barracas Central
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jhonatan Candia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Juan Espínola gets it from the manager
- The terraces Barracas Central supporters have found a favourite in Gonzalo Morales
- Market Gaby steps up from the Barracas Central academy