The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Estudiantes de Merida
Jesús Hernández and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Estudiantes de Merida
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristhián Rivas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Estudiantes de Merida rebuffed over Gabriel Vázquez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Quilmes have kept their man, and Estudiantes de Merida go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Estudiantes de Merida count the cost of losing Luis Vera
36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Luis Caicedo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market28 Dec 2026
The César Magallan story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until César Magallan signs something — a contract at Estudiantes de Merida or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Ander Izarra plays
- The dugout The manager makes Bendrix Parra a promise
- The dugout The manager comes out for Cristopher Rodríguez
- Squad José Luis Montilla is fit again