Luis Gonzalez

Right Midfielder - Zulia
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Luis Gonzalez

4 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Zulia turn down Damac for Juan Murillo

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

Market

Eyes on Cristian Otero again

The phone has started ringing about Cristian Otero again, and this time the name on the line is Astana. Zulia are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Zulia

Luis 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.

In brief

Back issues
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

2 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Luis Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 31. 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 — 7.73

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Cristian Otero did not need any: 7.73, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Carlos Arango signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carlos Arango commits to Zulia for another 2 years.

In brief

1 Edition

The Zulia Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

No mercy from Zulia

Zamora will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Zulia were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings

Carlos Arango scores twice — 8.85

Two goals and a mark of 8.85 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Cristian Otero, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.73

A mark of 7.73 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Francisco Gonzalez

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Gabriel Savarino 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.

Squad

Salomon Casseres signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Salomon Casseres commits to Zulia for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Zulia

Luis 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.

Squad

Words at Zulia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matheus Viana 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.

Player ratings

Oscar Moreno was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.11. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief