The Morelia Chronicle
The terraces24 May 2027
The mood at Morelia 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.
Squad24 May 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Luis Villegas
52 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Morelia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match24 May 2027
Morelia are in real trouble now
Position 16, 23 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.
Market24 May 2027
Brayton Vázquez asks to leave Morelia
“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.
Squad24 May 2027
Tempers go at Morelia
Helinho 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Words at Morelia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernando Madrigal 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.
The dugout24 May 2027
Arturo Palma has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Morelia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout24 May 2027
Brayton Vázquez 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.
Market24 May 2027
The Rubén Del Campo question follows Morelia around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rubén Del Campo’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout Alberto Joshimar Acosta has been promised minutes
- The dugout Fernando Madrigal keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Daniel Fuentes is fit again