The Veracruz Courier
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Daniel Vazquez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Aug 2026
Hirving Martin sends Veracruz through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Hirving Martin obliged against Chiapas. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Veracruz.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Guillermo Arteaga at 21 — 7.63
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Guillermo Arteaga did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Hirving Martin, 34, rolls back the years — 8.16
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.16 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market24 Aug 2026
Uriel Guardado 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 The request is on a desk at Veracruz, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Pumas UNAM come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Veracruz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Veracruz
Guillermo Arteaga 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Marco Arteaga 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Veracruz come up short against Club America
Club America left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Guillermo Arteaga
- Squad The manager makes an example of Alan Mendoza
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Veracruz