The Zulia Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Ferraresi damages knee ligaments — 76 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 76 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Juan Murillo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan Murillo commits to Zulia for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zulia
Juan Murillo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Zulia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luis Machis 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Gabriel Rincon answers Trujillanos immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Gabriel Rincon had Zulia level again within 3 minutes, and Trujillanos never got to play with a lead at all.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Luis Machis runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Match Zulia share the spoils with Trujillanos
- Player ratings Gabriel Rincon changes it off the bench