The Chiapas Herald
The terraces11 Sep 2028
The mood at Chiapas has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Cesar Gallardo
21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Chiapas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match9 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Chiapas's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chiapas has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Brian Figueroa runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Nicolás Fonseca in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chiapas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Words at Chiapas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miguel Núñez 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Serkan Göksu 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.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
The afternoon belonged to Nicolás Fonseca
7.59, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Chiapas had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Match9 Sep 2028
Point won or two lost for Chiapas?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Pachuca? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
In brief
- Market The Miguel Núñez story refuses to die
- Market Juan Capuchino placed on the list