The Deportivo Tachira Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Edgar Silva out for 120 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Deportivo Tachira will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad25 Jan 2027
4 goals for Rodrigo Pollero
The match ball belongs to Rodrigo Pollero, whose 4 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match23 Jan 2027
Rodrigo Pollero leads the rout of Zulia
5‑0, and Rodrigo Pollero took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Deportivo Tachira tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Deportivo Tachira
Óscar Hernández 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.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Ninety minutes of Rodrigo Pollero at his very best
Marked 9.75. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Deportivo Tachira.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Deportivo Tachira
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market25 Jan 2027
Diego Rincon steps up from the Deportivo Tachira academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Rincon 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Deportivo Tachira promote Roberto Machis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Machis 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Alejandro Savarino joins the Deportivo Tachira first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Savarino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of José Balza at his very best
- Player ratings A masterclass from Heiderber Ramírez
- Squad Deportivo Tachira pick somebody else ahead of Pablo Camacho