The Chiapas Herald
Squad19 Apr 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Sebastián Acosta
84 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Chiapas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Chiapas
Alfonso Blanco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Kevin Escamilla
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Luis Ángel Mendoza is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Luis Rojas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luis Rojas and Chiapas agree another 4 years.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Luis Ángel Mendoza knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Luis Ángel Mendoza trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Luis Rojas behind
- The dugout Camilo Agualimpia gets picked when it counts
- Market Luis Rojas joins Chiapas on a free