The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Estudiantes de Merida
Cristhián Rivas 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at Estudiantes de Merida has picked up the phone to Juan Carlos Azócar
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
César Magallan runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Geovan Montes was the difference for Estudiantes de Merida
Marked 7.36. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Market10 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida sign Sergio Herrera, one for the future
Sergio Herrera is 14, and Estudiantes de Merida have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Estudiantes de Merida on Sergio Gonzalez
He is 16, and nobody at Estudiantes de Merida signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida sign Junior Ramirez, one for the future
Junior Ramirez is 14, and Estudiantes de Merida have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match8 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida draw a blank against Deportivo Tachira
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Deportivo Tachira defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cristopher Rodríguez left out for tactical reasons at Estudiantes de Merida
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Squad César Magallan has seen what the next man earns
- Player ratings Jean Frank Gutiérrez spends the afternoon fouling
- Squad Luis Caicedo says his piece