The Málaga Gazette
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
David Larrubia was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 31. 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Both of them Joaquín's — 8.84
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.84, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Alfonso Herrero
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match10 Oct 2026
Joaquín the difference as Málaga beat Gijón
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joaquín. 3‑2 against Gijón, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Málaga
Pablo Martínez 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Ignacio Gallardo joins the Málaga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Gallardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Juan Cruz in the eights
A performance of 8.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad12 Oct 2026
14 new faces, and Málaga are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
A satisfied Mario Campos
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑2, Mario Campos could afford to be generous.
In brief
- Looking ahead Málaga take on the side everybody is chasing
- Squad The first one for Juan Cruz
- The dugout Málaga pick somebody else ahead of Diego Murillo