The Deportivo Miranda Courier
Match23 Jan 2027
No mercy from Deportivo Miranda
Atlético El Vigía will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Deportivo Miranda were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Deportivo Miranda — 7.68
1 for Julián Gurzi, marked 7.68, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Diego González: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Deportivo Miranda have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Too dear: Deportivo Miranda walk away from Carlos Marcano
$190.0K was the most the club would pay and Monagas were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Deportivo Miranda
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Deportivo Miranda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. José Dario Ascanio 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.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Deportivo Miranda rebuffed over Elías Santini
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Colón have kept their man, and Deportivo Miranda go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
The crowd has taken to Giovanni Quatromani
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market25 Jan 2027
Francisco Moreno steps up from the Deportivo Miranda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francisco Moreno has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market David Herrera steps up from the Deportivo Miranda academy
- Market Deportivo Miranda promote Oscar Savarino from within
- Player ratings Giovanni Quatromani was the difference for Deportivo Miranda