The Zamora Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Sergio Sulbarán asks to leave Zamora
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Freddy Espinal runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Arlés Flores stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arlés Flores and Zamora agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zamora
Erickson Gallardo 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Zamora against Zulia
0‑1 to Zulia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months and counting on Richard Celis
Still no offer on the table, and Richard Celis’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of José Sequera
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ronald Acuña keeps on missing
Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Santos Torrealba makes his debut at 19
At 19 years old, Santos Torrealba became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- Market Zamora and José Sequera are talking past each other
- Market The clock does Sergio Sulbarán’s negotiating for him