The Vélez Gazette
Squad7 Aug 2028
Michael Santos breaks a bone — 18 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match5 Aug 2028
The wait goes on for Vélez
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Vélez
Emanuel Mammana 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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Matías Pellegrini falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Loan watch7 Aug 2028
Lukáš Provod wants to come home
“I did not go to Queretaro to sit and watch. I want to come back to Vélez and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Market7 Aug 2028
Vélez promote Juan Carlos Pereyra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Carlos Pereyra 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.
Market7 Aug 2028
Martín Ferreyra steps up from the Vélez academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martín Ferreyra 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.
Market7 Aug 2028
Vélez promote Valentín Ramírez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentín 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.
Market7 Aug 2028
Vélez promote Nicolás Ramírez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolás 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.
In brief
- Squad An unwelcome headline for Joaquín Vaquero
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Elías Cabrera
- Match Point won or two lost for Vélez?