The Central Espanol Gazette
The terraces29 Jun 2037
The mood at Central Espanol has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad29 Jun 2037
Facundo Milán breaks a bone — 97 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 97 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match29 Jun 2037
Central Espanol are in real trouble now
Position 14, 11 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad29 Jun 2037
Alejandro Da Silva keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Espanol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match27 Jun 2037
The wait goes on for Central Espanol
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad29 Jun 2037
Máximo Alonso 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 Espanol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Jun 2037
The goals have deserted Central Espanol
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Central Espanol can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad29 Jun 2037
Words at Central Espanol training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lautaro Gandulfo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match27 Jun 2037
Plaza Colonia take the points off Central Espanol
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Facundo Borges could not do
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Máximo Alonso
- Player ratings Santiago Campione never got going