The Veracruz Courier
Squad26 Oct 2026
Raul Alvarez damages knee ligaments — 44 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 44 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match24 Oct 2026
Chastening afternoon for Veracruz
A 0‑3 beating by Tijuana was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market26 Oct 2026
Wesley Lima 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 The request is on a desk at Veracruz, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match24 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Veracruz
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Jorge Reyes 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 Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Santiago Salcedo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Veracruz lose Daniel Murillo
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Doors closed at Veracruz
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Wesley Lima
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Luis Alfonso Rodríguez stays put
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout A promise honoured for Lisandro Montenegro