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Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
Chastening afternoon for Chiapas
A 0‑3 beating by Pumas UNAM was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market9 Aug 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chiapas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Chiapas and Tigres have settled on $79.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Chiapas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
The offer went to Club America this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Chiapas
Juan Pablo Chávez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Chiapas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo López was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Chiapas asked and Tijuana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sergio Ceballos, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
The deal with Guadalajara is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Chiapas have gone to Monterrey with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market14 Jun 2027
Diego Esqueda 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 Chiapas can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Chiapas
Kobe Franklin 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Chiapas offered $120.0K; Guadalajara said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Chiapas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo López was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad14 Jun 2027
No place for Franco Gindin in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Chiapas are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Luis Donaldo Hernández trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Crisis
Match12 Apr 2027
Chiapas are in real trouble now
Position 18, 14 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.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Chiapas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chiapas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Chiapas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pablo López 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.
Match10 Apr 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Eduardo Corona left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yonathan del Valle trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
He came on with the match going nowhere and left it settled. Chiapas had the right man on the bench, and for once the timing was right too.