The Albacete Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
Víctor Valverde signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Víctor Valverde and Albacete agree another 3 years.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Jan Soto joins the Albacete first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jan Soto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
Héctor Vidal steps up from the Albacete academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Héctor Vidal 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Albacete
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Víctor Valverde was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
José Corpas beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Jesús Vallejo
7.57, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Albacete had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Álex Rubio
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Álex Rubio, and the manager let it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Biel Ortiz chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Albacete pick somebody else ahead of Lorenzo
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Match No goals between Albacete and Mirandés
- The dugout Gonzalo Ontivero left out for tactical reasons at Albacete
- Player ratings Nothing got past Fran Gámez