The Tigres Post
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Tigres
Aldo Montes 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Jader Martínez
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match13 Feb 2027
Tigres refuse to lose to Fortaleza CEIF
A point taken on 96 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Match13 Feb 2027
Tigres share the spoils with Fortaleza CEIF
A 1‑1 draw with Fortaleza CEIF leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Aldo Montes asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Anthony Arango
“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 dugout15 Feb 2027
Half-satisfied: Jesus Torres on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Miguel Álvarez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Looking ahead15 Feb 2027
Aldo Montes faces his old club
Valledupar next, and one man in the Tigres dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Omar Preciado
- Squad Anthony Arango has had enough of the bench
- Squad Luis Palacios makes the position his own