The Morelia Chronicle
Match12 Jan 2030
The wait goes on for Morelia
13 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.
Player ratings14 Jan 2030
Thembinkosi Lorch, 37, rolls back the years — 8.15
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.15 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Morelia
Rafael Fernández 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.
Player ratings14 Jan 2030
Édgar Guerra runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Words at Morelia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Héctor Holguín is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match12 Jan 2030
Chiapas take the points off Morelia
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Jan 2030
The manager makes an example of Héctor Holguín
“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.
Match12 Jan 2030
Thembinkosi Lorch answers Chiapas immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Thembinkosi Lorch had Morelia level again within 1 minutes, and Chiapas never got to play with a lead at all.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Cesar Jimenez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cesar Jimenez commits to Morelia for another 3 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Jonathan dos Santos spends the afternoon fouling
- Loan watch Rodrigo Parra has made Mirassol’s shirt his own