The Tigres Post
Match12 Aug 2026
Tigres out of the cup
Once Caldas ended it 3‑5. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ricardo Rosales is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tigres is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Walner Mena, 21, steals the show — 7.61
Marked 7.61 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Ricardo Rosales signs for Alianza Petrolera while still at Tigres
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Ricardo Rosales has agreed terms with Alianza Petrolera for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Match12 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Tigres and Once Caldas in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tigres
Andrés Cuadros 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
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 3‑5 Richard Mejia left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Beaten 5 times: a bad day for Aldo Montes
2 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Tigres
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aldair Simanca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Brandon Mejía
- The dugout Camilo Mena left out for tactical reasons at Tigres
- The dugout Jeisson Castro has become a man the manager trusts