The UCV Post
Squad11 Jun 2029
A one-man rearguard from Agustín Alastra
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
Bruno Celan says UCV went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
The paperwork begins on Rodrigo Pollero
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. UCV have done the hard part with Deportivo Tachira, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market11 Jun 2029
Rayo Zuliano watching José Araguache
The interest is real enough to have reached print. UCV have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Tempers go at UCV
Juan Manuel Cuesta 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.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
UCV make their move for Jose Casseres
$20.0K on the table at Titanes Guanare. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad11 Jun 2029
A row about effort at UCV
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maicol Ruiz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match9 Jun 2029
UCV cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Door shut on Jhonatan Restrepo
UCV asked and Monagas said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for UCV against Portuguesa
- The dugout No hiding place for Sebastián Calabrese
- The dugout Carlos Ferraresi: “No excuses”