The Zulia Chronicle
Boardroom18 Nov 2030
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Zulia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Jorge Páez 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.
Squad18 Nov 2030
Words at Zulia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Exon Arzú 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.
Market18 Nov 2030
Darwin Arango steps up from the Zulia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darwin Arango has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market18 Nov 2030
Darwin Murillo steps up from the Zulia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darwin Murillo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market18 Nov 2030
One of our own: Luis Osorio joins the Zulia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Osorio is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Nov 2030
Zulia promote Gabriel Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Osorio has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout18 Nov 2030
Rolf Feltscher knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zulia, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom18 Nov 2030
The Zulia academy earns its keep
52 graduates, from a department now rated 7 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Gabriel Osorio are not good
- Squad Victor Osorio is out on the grass again