The Zulia Chronicle
Squad31 Jan 2028
Andres Moreno damages knee ligaments — 130 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 130 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Zulia
Bruno Castro 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Jose Arango falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces31 Jan 2028
The crowd has taken to Luis Alberto Miranda
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match29 Jan 2028
Gonzalo Salega sends Zulia past Estudiantes de Merida
It finished 2‑0, and it was Gonzalo Salega’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Zulia.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
Luis Alberto Miranda in the eights
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings Gabriel Ramirez runs at them all day
- Squad Cristian Díaz gets it from the manager
- Market Daniel Rincon leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Zulia production line keeps running