The Vélez Gazette
Squad16 Nov 2026
28 days out for Uriel Monzón after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Vélez will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Vélez
Emanuel Mammana 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Vélez training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elías Gómez 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
A promise honoured for Aarón Quiros
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Vélez told Aarón Quiros something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Ulises Piedrabuena wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Vélez will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Claudio Baeza knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vélez, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Facundo Salinas plays
- The dugout A door opens for Lisandro Magallán