Pablo Martínez

Defensive Midfielder - Málaga
24 Oct 2026
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Marked for Pablo Martínez

12 Edition

The Málaga Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match17 Oct 2026

Zaragoza take the points off Málaga

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Too much change too quickly at Málaga

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Nil Lozano faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Nil Lozano after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Juan Cruz

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Einar Galilea

“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 dugout19 Oct 2026

A promise honoured at Málaga

Something was said to Joaquín and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Pablo Martínez was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Chupete could have had three

9 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.

Looking ahead19 Oct 2026

Juan Berrocal goes back to face Gijón

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Juan Berrocal’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Málaga needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Málaga Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match26 Sep 2026

Cruel end for Albacete as Málaga pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Málaga scored in the 91th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

The terraces28 Sep 2026

One of their own: Chupete

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match26 Sep 2026

Málaga get the job done against Albacete

A 1‑0 win over Albacete, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

One of those days for Chupete

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Jens Cajuste

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Málaga

Adam Aznou 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 dugout28 Sep 2026

Nil Lozano: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Paco Alcácer knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Málaga, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Pablo Martínez does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief