The UCV Post
Match12 Aug 2026
UCV through in the cup
A 2‑0 win over Trujillanos, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jean Carlos Polo scores twice — 8.89
Two goals and a mark of 8.89 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Carlos Cermeño 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 UCV this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Guillermo Marín will join UCV for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Guillermo Marín has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means UCV have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
UCV supporters have found a favourite in Daniel De Sousa
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Daniel De Sousa has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at UCV
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francisco Solé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Daniel De Sousa was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.27. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Carlos Díaz
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
A satisfied Miguel Martinez
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Miguel Martinez could afford to be generous.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Giancarlo Schiavone plays
- Squad The formation has left Daniel Bolívar behind
- The dugout Juan Camilo Zapata left out for tactical reasons at UCV