The Deportivo Miranda Courier
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Deportivo Miranda run out of patience with Sergio Arango
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Sergio Arango clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Luis Cordova minds the shop at Deportivo Miranda
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Luis Cordova recited it perfectly.
Market22 Jan 2029
José Toussaint asks to leave Deportivo Miranda
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Deportivo Miranda
Luisbert Salazar 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
6 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
The numbers do not look good at Deportivo Miranda
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Transfer targets22 Jan 2029
Cobreloa tell Deportivo Miranda: Joel Erlinch is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings22 Jan 2029
Darluis Paz runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market22 Jan 2029
Deportivo Miranda promote Victor Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Victor Arango has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Darwin Arango steps up from the Deportivo Miranda academy
- Market Deportivo Miranda promote Oscar Ramirez from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of José Gamboa