The Veracruz Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Veracruz say no — this time
The offer from Nacional for Daniel Corona was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Daniel Corona
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Veracruz
Kevin Jimenez 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
Daniel Corona 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Hector Alvarez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.23. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Rodolfo Pineda
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Veracruz are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Match15 Aug 2026
Veracruz share the spoils with Queretaro
A 1‑1 draw with Queretaro leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mario Osuna brings the grey hairs Veracruz lacked
At 38, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Market Raul Ramirez told to find a new club
- Player ratings Kevin Jimenez ran the game
- Market Javier Lainez placed on the list