The Queretaro Sentinel
The terraces27 Jul 2043
The mood at Queretaro 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.
Squad27 Jul 2043
Mauricio Casillas damages knee ligaments — 124 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 124 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market27 Jul 2043
Lorenzo Palmieri has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Queretaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad27 Jul 2043
Sebastián Hernández 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 Queretaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom27 Jul 2043
Graduation day at Queretaro
12 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad27 Jul 2043
Words at Queretaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. George Booth 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.
Market27 Jul 2043
One of our own: Jorge Ramirez joins the Queretaro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Jul 2043
One of our own: Juan Guardado joins the Queretaro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Guardado is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Jul 2043
Queretaro promote Jorge Rodriguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Rodriguez 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
- Match A bad afternoon for Queretaro against Guadalajara
- Squad A late step up for George Wright
- Boardroom A promise the Queretaro board did not keep