The Deportivo Lara Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Sergio Moreno
16 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo Lara lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Franco Carretero
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Deportivo Lara
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Deportivo Lara are no longer polite ones.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a goal for Deportivo Lara
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Deportivo Lara
Francisco Flores 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Curiel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ronaldo Peña
- Match Deportivo Lara and Estudiantes de Merida cancel each other out
- Player ratings The referee tires of Henry Pernía