The Santos Laguna Sentinel
Squad8 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Andres Reyes
43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Santos Laguna lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
Tahiel Jiménez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Santos Laguna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market8 Nov 2027
Carlos Gruezo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Aldo López 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 Santos Laguna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Haret Ortega
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Haret Ortega, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Máximo Reyes stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Máximo Reyes and Santos Laguna agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Eduardo Aguirre was the difference for Santos Laguna
Marked 7.76. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Alex Valencia makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
Carlos Acevedo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Santos Laguna will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Match Santos Laguna share the spoils with Puebla
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Kevin Corona on the draw
- Player ratings Ezequiel Bullaude was unplayable