The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Match13 Jun 2037
Nowhere to hide for Estudiantes de Merida
1‑4 against Carabobo, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad15 Jun 2037
Marcel Clément: 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.” Estudiantes de Merida have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Jun 2037
No hiding place for Juan Aguilar
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Juan Aguilar, and the manager let it.
Player ratings15 Jun 2037
Ninety minutes of Ángel Flores at his very best
Marked 8.77. 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.
Squad15 Jun 2037
Words at Estudiantes de Merida training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jesús Lobo 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.
Squad15 Jun 2037
Enmanuel Verde signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Enmanuel Verde and Estudiantes de Merida agree another 2 years.
Player ratings15 Jun 2037
A masterclass from Lisandro Zacaría
Marked 8.06 — 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.
Boardroom15 Jun 2037
Nobody left the Estudiantes de Merida dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Player ratings15 Jun 2037
Juan Aguilar could have had three
13 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
In brief
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