The Zamora Gazette
Market23 Apr 2029
Antony Trujillo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zamora is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Apr 2029
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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Calzadilla 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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Manuel Páez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Manuel Páez commits to Zamora for another 3 years.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Nobody could get near Carlos Calzadilla
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Kevin Armesto gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Kevin Armesto is on it.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Reniel Mendoza
“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 dugout23 Apr 2029
Half-satisfied: Junior Rondon on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Another clean sheet for Kevin Armesto
6 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Kevin Armesto has given nobody the chance.
In brief
- The dugout Francisco Martinez dropped after a run of poor form
- Match No goals between Zamora and Deportivo Lara
- Looking ahead Ronald González goes back to face Aragua