The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Match22 Jan 2028
Edwuin Pernía leads the rout of Barquisimeto
4‑0, and Edwuin Pernía took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Estudiantes de Merida tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Edwuin Pernía scores twice — 8.79
Two goals and a mark of 8.79 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
Richard Iriarte says Estudiantes de Merida went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match22 Jan 2028
Estudiantes de Merida end the wait against Barquisimeto
It had gone 8 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Market24 Jan 2028
Héctor Acosta is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Estudiantes de Merida is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Estudiantes de Merida
Cristopher Rodríguez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
1 academy graduates step up at Estudiantes de Merida
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.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Ninety minutes of César Magallan at his very best
Marked 8.90. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Estudiantes de Merida.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Daniel Martinez joins the Estudiantes de Merida first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Bruno Dordoni falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Cristian Caicedo stays put
- Player ratings A masterclass from Gastón Pinedo