The Veracruz Courier
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Veracruz
Hugo Reyes 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.
Squad31 May 2027
Real improvement from Oribe Moreno at Veracruz
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Oribe Moreno is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad31 May 2027
Maximiliano Cruz arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Maximiliano Cruz has, at Veracruz, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad31 May 2027
Maximiliano Cruz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximiliano Cruz commits to Veracruz for another 2 years.
The dugout31 May 2027
Luis Ángel Mendoza knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Veracruz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market31 May 2027
The shop window has Hugo Reyes in it
Veracruz have let the market know Hugo Reyes can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Cesar Marquez
“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 dugout31 May 2027
Victor Edson has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Veracruz will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes Kevin Escamilla a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Veracruz. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Market Maximiliano Cruz joins Veracruz on a free
- Market Hugo Reyes is back through the door