The Zamora Gazette
Market1 Nov 2027
Stiven Valencia has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zamora they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Zamora
Patricio Pizarro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 Nov 2027
A row about effort at Zamora
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthonys Matos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
Zamora keep their word to Raudy Guerrero
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
Diego Pavia knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zamora, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
The goals keep arriving from Alexander Rondón Oliveros’s exile
6 goals in 10 games at São João de Ver — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Zamora updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
José Sequera gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say José Sequera is on it.
Market1 Nov 2027
Zamora put Anthony Uribe up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Anthony Uribe may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
The manager comes out for Sergio Sulbarán
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Sergio Sulbarán has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad One-to-one work for José Sequera
- Boardroom The Zamora production line keeps running
- Squad Welcome back, Alejandro Murillo