The Jaguares Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Cristian Álvarez out for 28 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Jaguares will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match23 Jan 2027
Chastening afternoon for Jaguares
A 0‑3 beating by Cortulua was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Wilfrido De La Rosa runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match23 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Jaguares
5 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Jaguares
Wilfrido De La Rosa 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Jaguares
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Diego Martínez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Martínez, and the manager let it.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jaguares promote Alejandro Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Castillo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Manuel Rangel joins the Jaguares first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Rangel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Miguel Duque steps up from the Jaguares academy
- Market One of our own: Santiago Hurtado joins the Jaguares first team
- Boardroom Jaguares are making the ground bigger