The Veracruz Courier
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Miguel Reyes out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Veracruz will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from José Eulogio
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Francisco Arteaga keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Veracruz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Oribe Montes is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Veracruz will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market4 Jan 2027
Oribe Montes attracts admirers
The name of Oribe Montes has come up in conversations Veracruz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Oribe Montes
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Veracruz
4 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.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
Veracruz supporters have found a favourite in José Eulogio
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. José Eulogio has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nothing got past Sebastian Gutierrez
19 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
In brief
- Loan watch Miguel Alvarez has seen enough of FC Cincinnati
- Player ratings Nothing got past Guillermo Ramirez
- Match Point won or two lost for Veracruz?