The Pachuca Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Vallejo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sassuolo come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Pachuca did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
William Carvalho, 34, rolls back the years — 8.03
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sergio Barreto wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Pachuca hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Javier Reyes
Pachuca asked and Veracruz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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 Pachuca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Eduardo Bauermann stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eduardo Bauermann and Pachuca agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hector Dos Santos steps up from the Pachuca academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hector Dos Santos 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hugo Ramirez steps up from the Pachuca academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hugo Ramirez 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.
In brief
- Match Pachuca see off Cruz Azul
- Transfer targets A loan move for Edgar Martínez is in the works
- The dugout A satisfied Hector Vega