The Puebla Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Mathías Tomás scores twice — 8.03
Two goals and a mark of 8.03 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jesús Iván Rodríguez keeps Puebla in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Agustín Martínez
Puebla and Talleres have settled on $180.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Marco Dos Santos rejects the move
Puebla had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Veracruz, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Juan Pablo Vargas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan Pablo Vargas commits to Puebla for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Puebla
Luis Gabriel Rey 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Morelia tell Puebla: Jaziel Martínez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Puebla find a way past Tijuana
Tijuana made Puebla work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market10 Aug 2026
Guillermo Martin steps up from the Puebla academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guillermo Martin 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
- Market Puebla promote Roberto Jimenez from within
- Market One of our own: Hirving Moreno joins the Puebla first team
- Market Luis Ramirez steps up from the Puebla academy