The Zamora Gazette
Squad21 Jun 2027
César Urpín says Zamora went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market21 Jun 2027
Deportivo Tachira come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zamora did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Jun 2027
Zamora sell Isaac Ramírez for $630.0K
Isaac Ramírez has left for Deportivo La Guaira in a $630.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Zamora
Fabricio Pérez Espósito 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.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
Zamora supporters have found a favourite in Isaí Valladares
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Isaí Valladares has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthonys Matos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Zamora lose Victor Ramirez
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
The afternoon belonged to Isaí Valladares
A mark of 7.33, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
The spotlight tightens on Beycker Velásquez
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Zamora?
- Market The Richard Celis story refuses to die
- Player ratings Nothing got past Victor Gabriel