J. Abella

J. Abella is a 32-year-old Mexican defender who wears the number 4 shirt for Santos Laguna. Standing at 175 cm, he is not the tallest centre-half, but his game is built on reading the play early and stepping out of the back line to break up attacks before they develop. Abella’s positional discipline and calm distribution make him a reliable presence in a Liga MX defence that often asks its centre-backs to build play from deep. His experience — over a decade in Mexican football — give...