The Zulia Chronicle
Market24 Jan 2028
As if he never left: Victor Herrera returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Victor Herrera is a Zulia player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market24 Jan 2028
Luis Ramirez comes home
The shirt still fits. Luis Ramirez is back at Zulia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market24 Jan 2028
Cristian Rondon comes home
The shirt still fits. Cristian Rondon is back at Zulia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market24 Jan 2028
Darwin Martinez is a Zulia player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Darwin Arango in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zulia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
A masterclass from Richard Moreno
Marked 8.91 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Sergio Gonzalez 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Costly mistake from Henier Rodríguez
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Henier Rodríguez knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match22 Jan 2028
Zulia share the spoils with Deportivo Tachira
A 1‑1 draw with Deportivo Tachira leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Squad Richard Moreno finally opens his account
- Player ratings Sergio Gonzalez never got going
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Roberto Osorio