The Zulia Chronicle
Match22 Jun 2030
Zulia win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Portuguesa will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings24 Jun 2030
Francisco Rosales, 33, rolls back the years — 8.17
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.17 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Oscar Rosales 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.
Match22 Jun 2030
Zulia get the job done against Portuguesa
A 3‑2 win over Portuguesa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Jun 2030
The manager has not finished forgetting Oscar Rosales's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Fernando Gutiérrez 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.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Yeferson Arango has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Zulia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market24 Jun 2030
Experience through the door at Zulia
Roberto Siucho arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market24 Jun 2030
Still no ink between Zulia and Milton Camacho
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zulia, another week without a signature from Milton Camacho.
In brief
- Player ratings Santino Robles runs at them all day
- Market Juan Casseres leaves for nothing
- Market Carlos Ramirez leaves for nothing