The Toluca Courier
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Helinho
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Paulinho, 33, rolls back the years — 8.01
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.01 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market7 Sep 2026
Santiago García puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Toluca, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alexis Vega in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Toluca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Diego Barbosa stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Diego Barbosa and Toluca agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match5 Sep 2026
6 unbeaten for Toluca
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Toluca did not have in the autumn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Castro
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for William Barboza
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. William Barboza has come out of that comparison in the side, and Toluca have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Match5 Sep 2026
Honours even between Toluca and Tijuana
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Market The Paulinho talk will not go away
- Market The shop window has Dimas Cázares in it