The Barracas Central Gazette
Match2 Oct 2032
Barracas Central cannot stop winning
9 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match2 Oct 2032
Nobody wins at Barracas Central
18 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad4 Oct 2032
Defences have started doubling up on Iker Zufiaurre
26 goals and a season average of 7.35 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad4 Oct 2032
Words exchanged at Barracas Central
Fabricio Chacón 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.
Match2 Oct 2032
Barracas Central see off Estudiantes
Three points for Barracas Central, 3‑1 the final word against Estudiantes in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad4 Oct 2032
A muscle injury sidelines Alejandro Martínez for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Barracas Central will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad4 Oct 2032
Time is catching up with Richard Sánchez
Everybody at Barracas Central saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 36 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Player ratings4 Oct 2032
One of those days for Manuel Duarte
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.09, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout4 Oct 2032
No hiding place for Celso Duarte
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Celso Duarte, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Barracas Central keep their word to Kevin Jappert
- The dugout The team sheet said everything about Federico Álvarez
- The dugout A satisfied Interim Coach