Máximo Alonso

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Central Espanol
18 Aug 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Máximo Alonso

2 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Both of them Máximo Alonso's — 9.23

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.23, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Fernando Camarda hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Espanol can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Exequiel Mereles at 20 — 8.29

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Exequiel Mereles did not need any: 8.29, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings

Luciano Fernández runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Central Espanol to lose Mateo Urrutia for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Mateo Urrutia has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Market

Mateo Urrutia is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Central Espanol is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Jonathan Dellarossa 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.

Match

Central Espanol get the job done against Rampla Juniors

A 4‑3 win over Rampla Juniors, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Match

Máximo Alonso among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Máximo Alonso on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Central Espanol and Rampla Juniors.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Central Espanol run riot against Rentistas

5‑2, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings

Both of them Jonathan Dellarossa's — 9.95

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.95, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Exequiel Mereles at 20 — 9.78

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Exequiel Mereles did not need any: 9.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Exequiel Mereles takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Squad

6 saves: Rodolfo was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad

Jonathan Dellarossa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Dellarossa and Central Espanol agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

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.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Central Espanol and Rentistas in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

The terraces

Central Espanol supporters have found a favourite in Exequiel Mereles

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Exequiel Mereles has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief