The Veracruz Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Manuel Ramirez
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
The West Ham United deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Manuel Ramirez reports back to Veracruz with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chiapas 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Hugo Edson again
The phone has started ringing about Hugo Edson again, and this time the name on the line is Andorra. Veracruz are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Veracruz
Mbekezeli Mbokazi 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Veracruz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Pineda is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I want to play”: Mbekezeli Mbokazi speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Squad17 Aug 2026
José Joaquín Martínez dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match15 Aug 2026
Veracruz draw a blank against Queretaro
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Queretaro defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
- Market No place for Francisco Edson in the plan
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Hugo Arteaga
- Player ratings The referee tires of Jose Montes