The Deportivo Tachira Gazette
Squad23 Jan 2034
A day Kevin Ferreira will not forget
5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match21 Jan 2034
No mercy from Deportivo Tachira
Zulia will want this one forgotten quickly: 9‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Deportivo Tachira were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad23 Jan 2034
Fabián Sánchez breaks a bone — 102 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings23 Jan 2034
Both of them José Balza's — 8.84
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.84, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings23 Jan 2034
Age has not caught Brayan Palmezano yet — 8.37
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.37 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Market23 Jan 2034
Ramiro Vitale is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Tachira is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Jan 2034
Tempers go at Deportivo Tachira
José Balza 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.
Market23 Jan 2034
Adrián Montañez comes home
The shirt still fits. Adrián Montañez is back at Deportivo Tachira, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match21 Jan 2034
10 goals as Deportivo Tachira and Zulia go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 10 goals between Deportivo Tachira and Zulia, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
In brief
- Squad Adrián Montañez gets the move he always wanted
- Boardroom Graduation day at Deportivo Tachira
- Market One of our own: Daniel Rincon joins the Deportivo Tachira first team