Gerardo Lainez

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16 Edition

The Veracruz Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words at Veracruz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Héctor Moreno 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Veracruz

Omar Mendoza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Alfonso Blanco signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alfonso Blanco and Veracruz agree another 2 years.

Market16 Nov 2026

Experience through the door at Veracruz

Alfonso Blanco arrives at 39 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Victor Edson gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Victor Edson is on it.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

A reunion for Jaziel Martínez

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Morelia in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Kevin Escamilla has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Kevin Escamilla has written the date down.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Gerardo Lainez story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gerardo Lainez signs something — a contract at Veracruz or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Competition arrives for Lukas Ramil Sauer

A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. Veracruz have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Veracruz Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match28 Oct 2026

Cup progress for Veracruz

A 2‑1 win over Club America, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market2 Nov 2026

Renato Lopes 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.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

No sign of nerves from Nestor Ochoa at 20 — 7.87

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nestor Ochoa did not need any: 7.87, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A goal and an assist for Renato Lopes — 7.97

Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.97 beside his name.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Victor Edson beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Luis Ángel Mendoza stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Luis Ángel Mendoza and Veracruz agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Jorge Hernández 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 terraces2 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Nestor Ochoa

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Veracruz

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Héctor Moreno was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief