The Puebla Chronicle
Market26 Jul 2027
Emanuel Gularte asks to leave Puebla
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match24 Jul 2027
Cruel end for Monterrey as Puebla pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Puebla scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Squad26 Jul 2027
8 saves: Jesús Iván Rodríguez was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market26 Jul 2027
Puebla turn down Club America for Kevin Velasco
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Brayan Garnica keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Puebla may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Up for the corner, and Oscar Villa delivers — 7.99
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Oscar Villa scored, was marked 7.99, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Juan Pablo Vargas 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 Puebla this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Puebla
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match24 Jul 2027
Oscar Villa sends Puebla past Monterrey
It finished 2‑1, and it was Oscar Villa’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Puebla.
In brief
- The terraces Puebla supporters have found a favourite in Ignacio Maestro Puch
- Market One of our own: Cesar Ramirez joins the Puebla first team
- Market Erick Vega steps up from the Puebla academy