Luis Sanchez

Defensive Midfielder - Central Espanol
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Marked for Luis Sanchez

269 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

22 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Máximo Cabral: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Espanol have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad22 Sep 2031

A falling-out at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad22 Sep 2031

Luciano Fernández falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

The manager makes an example of Matías Escobar

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Facundo Borges has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Facundo Borges has written the date down.

The dugout22 Sep 2031

Duván Córdoba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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266 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

1 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings1 Sep 2031

Nobody could get near Máximo Alonso

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Words exchanged at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso 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.

Squad1 Sep 2031

A row about effort at Central Espanol

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luciano Fernández was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market1 Sep 2031

Gonzalo Robles told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Gonzalo Robles has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Central Espanol.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

No hiding place for Facundo Borges

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Facundo Borges, and the manager let it.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

Interim Coach on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

No place in the plan for Fernando Camarda

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Match30 Aug 2031

Central Espanol draw a blank against Danubio

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Danubio defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

Sergio Terrazas gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sergio Terrazas is on it.

In brief

259 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

14 Jul 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings14 Jul 2031

Germán Barbas goes up and wins it — 7.92

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.92 for the rest of it.

Transfer targets14 Jul 2031

The paperwork begins on Santiago Mier

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Central Espanol have done the hard part with River Plate, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad14 Jul 2031

Tempers go at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings14 Jul 2031

Facundo Milán beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad14 Jul 2031

Facundo Borges signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Borges commits to Central Espanol for another 4 years.

Market14 Jul 2031

Central Espanol sign Luis Sanchez, one for the future

Luis Sanchez is 18, and Central Espanol have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Match12 Jul 2031

Germán Barbas rescues a point for Central Espanol

It needed Germán Barbas to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Rentistas, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout14 Jul 2031

Interim Coach: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout14 Jul 2031

Central Espanol keep their word to Franco Muñoz

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief