The Zulia Chronicle
Squad5 Oct 2026
Rafael Herrera damages knee ligaments — 52 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 52 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.
Match2 Oct 2026
A European night to remember for Zulia
2‑1 against Defensa y Justicia, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Halcón runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market5 Oct 2026
Zulia may not be able to give David Gonzalez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. David Gonzalez wants continental football; whether Zulia can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Zulia
David Gonzalez 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Sergio Gonzalez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sergio Gonzalez and Zulia agree another 1 years.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
Zulia supporters have found a favourite in Sergio Ramirez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Sergio Ramirez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Andres Rondon in the eights
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Zulia count the cost of losing Salomon Ferraresi
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Market Juan Soteldo linked with a move away
- Player ratings Cristian Savarino spends the afternoon fouling
- Market Darwin Rincon leaves for nothing