Rubén Medina

Defensive Midfielder - Zaragoza U18
16 May 2027
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Marked for Rubén Medina

34 Edition

The Zaragoza Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 Mar 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rubén Medina

14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Zaragoza lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Nobody could get near Sebas Moyano

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Hugo Dutra is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match20 Mar 2027

Toni Moya the difference as Zaragoza beat Gijón

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Toni Moya. 1‑0 against Gijón, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Paul Akouokou falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Nobody on the pitch touched Toni Moya

7.93, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Zaragoza had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Too much change too quickly at Zaragoza

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Loan watch22 Mar 2027

10 goals on loan for Sinan Bakış

26 appearances at Ankaragucu and the goals keep coming. Zaragoza are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

The dugout22 Mar 2027

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” David Martínez, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief

Back issues
33 Edition

The Zaragoza Chronicle

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad15 Mar 2027

The knee: Rubén Medina out for 23 days

23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Zaragoza lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Franco Romero says Zaragoza went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match13 Mar 2027

4 matches without a win for Zaragoza

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Zaragoza are no longer polite ones.

Match13 Mar 2027

Albacete take the points off Zaragoza

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Paul Akouokou falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad15 Mar 2027

200 appearances for Taisei Miyashiro

200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Home is on Emil Hansson's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Zaragoza are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Sem Westerveld 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.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

A promise honoured for Héctor Fort

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Zaragoza told Héctor Fort something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

32 Edition

The Zaragoza Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad8 Mar 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rubén Medina

30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Zaragoza lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market8 Mar 2027

Emil Hansson 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 Zaragoza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad8 Mar 2027

A falling-out at Zaragoza

Héctor Fort and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Sergio Escudero stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sergio Escudero and Zaragoza agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match6 Mar 2027

Las Palmas take the points off Zaragoza

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Sergio Escudero falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings8 Mar 2027

Sebas Moyano was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 17. 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.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

David Martínez faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” David Martínez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

Zaragoza keep their word to Etienne Eto'o

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

31 Edition

The Zaragoza Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad1 Mar 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rubén Medina

39 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Zaragoza lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Guido Nogar keeps Zaragoza 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.

Player ratings1 Mar 2027

Nobody could get near Sebas Moyano

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match27 Feb 2027

Nobody wins at Zaragoza

12 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Home is on Yussif Saidu's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Zaragoza are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Zaragoza

Héctor Fort 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.

Loan watch1 Mar 2027

15 goals on loan for Pau Sans

24 appearances at Cracovia and the goals keep coming. Zaragoza are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Match27 Feb 2027

Etienne Eto'o rescues a point for Zaragoza

It needed Etienne Eto'o to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Málaga, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Taisei Miyashiro knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zaragoza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief