The Huesca Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
9 saves: Dani Jiménez was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Ignacio Laquintana
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Arnau Rafús at Huesca
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Arnau Rafús is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market12 Oct 2026
Huesca promote Roberto Ramírez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Ramírez 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Luis García steps up from the Huesca academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis García 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Huesca training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Álvarez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Huesca
Damián González Hernández 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Leonel Álvarez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Sergio Vargas was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Huesca dressing room was either.
In brief
- Player ratings Julio Alonso was immovable
- The dugout Huesca pick somebody else ahead of Damián González Hernández
- Match Point won or two lost for Huesca?