The Zulia Chronicle
Match8 Dec 2027
The cup run ends for Zulia
0‑1 against Deportivo La Guaira, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market13 Dec 2027
Miguel Pernía puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zulia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Henier Rodríguez says Zulia 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Zulia turn down Aragua for Oscar Casseres
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Roberto Osorio
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Zulia
Mateo Pérez Curci 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Sergio Gonzalez 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
César Zárate left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; César Zárate will call it something else in private.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
Junior Arango counts the days
“I watch every Zulia game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Atletico Venezuela runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Market Juan Savarino told to find a new club
- Market The David Otero talk will not go away
- Player ratings Off the pace: Chris Martínez