The Deportivo Tachira Gazette
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Brayan Palmezano runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match23 Jan 2027
Whatever happens, Deportivo Tachira do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Deportivo Tachira
Delvin Alfonzo 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Deportivo Tachira
5 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
Roberto Rincon steps up from the Deportivo Tachira academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto 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
Darwin Murillo steps up from the Deportivo Tachira 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Alejandro Rosales steps up from the Deportivo Tachira academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Rosales 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 Otero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Otero 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Leandro Fioravanti gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings Lautaro Lusnig was the difference for Deportivo Tachira
- Squad Rodrigo Pollero has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Adalberto Peñaranda knocks on the manager's door