Junior Moreno

Goalkeeper - Zulia
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Junior Moreno

7 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words at Zulia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergio Soteldo 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Zulia

Jose Rondon 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Junior Moreno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Business is business: Oscar Moreno goes

Melbourne City paid $2.7M and Zulia took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

Tempers go at Zulia

Sergio Soteldo 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.

Market

Astana are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Zulia will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

3 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Zulia

1‑2 against Estudiantes de Merida, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Zulia turn down Al-Qadisiyah for Carlos Arango

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yeferson Murillo

Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Cristian Otero at 21 — 8.19

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Cristian Otero did not need any: 8.19, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Luis Gonzalez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zulia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Oscar Moreno attracts admirers

The name of Oscar Moreno has come up in conversations Zulia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Zulia share the spoils with Metropolitanos

A 2‑2 draw with Metropolitanos leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Salomon Gonzalez signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Salomon Gonzalez commits to Zulia for another 3 years.

Squad

Junior Moreno 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.

In brief