The Morelia Chronicle
Market12 Oct 2026
Brian Figueroa 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 The request is on a desk at Morelia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Oct 2026
Morelia sink to position 16
5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Morelia
José Joaquín Martínez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of José Joaquín Martínez
“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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Daniel Ramirez joins the Morelia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
Miguel Arteaga steps up from the Morelia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Arteaga has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Carlos Rosel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Carlos Rosel and Morelia agree another 3 years.
Match10 Oct 2026
Morelia rescue it on 94 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. Guadalajara had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Elías Hernández
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- Match Morelia share the spoils with Guadalajara
- Squad Carlos Rosel is a square peg at Morelia
- The dugout Jesus Gallardo: “We have to be better”