The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
The terraces16 Apr 2035
The mood at Estudiantes de Merida has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad16 Apr 2035
Guillermo Rivas keeps Estudiantes de Merida in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market16 Apr 2035
Jose Savarino puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Estudiantes de Merida, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market16 Apr 2035
Miguel Moreno has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Estudiantes de Merida they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Apr 2035
Javier Márquez 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 Estudiantes de Merida this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Apr 2035
Words at Estudiantes de Merida training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristhián Rivas 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.
Match14 Apr 2035
Estudiantes de Merida cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match14 Apr 2035
A bad afternoon for Estudiantes de Merida against Metropolitanos
0‑1 to Metropolitanos, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings16 Apr 2035
Nobody could get near Ángel Flores
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Roberto Murillo out for 23 days
- Player ratings The referee tires of Fernando Molina