The Santos Laguna Sentinel
Squad2 Oct 2028
The knee: Jonathan Alvarez out for 26 days
26 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Santos Laguna lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market2 Oct 2028
Kevin Balanta hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Santos Laguna can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Oct 2028
A career in one shirt: Carlos Acevedo
15 seasons and 284 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Match30 Sep 2028
5 matches without a win for Santos Laguna
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Santos Laguna are no longer polite ones.
Match30 Sep 2028
5 matches without a goal for Santos Laguna
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Player ratings2 Oct 2028
Ezequiel Bullaude was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Sergio Barreto 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 Santos Laguna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout2 Oct 2028
Carlos Acevedo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match30 Sep 2028
Santos Laguna come up short against Monterrey
Monterrey left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad Erick Lainez out for 48 days
- Market Still no ink between Santos Laguna and Carlos Gruezo
- The dugout Sebastian Martin faces the questions