The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Match24 Feb 2035
No end in sight to Estudiantes de Merida's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes de Merida has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Feb 2035
Guillermo Rivas is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Guillermo Rivas: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match21 Feb 2035
Estudiantes de Merida through in the cup
A 1‑1 win over Mineros de Guayana, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad26 Feb 2035
Guillermo Rivas 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.
Squad26 Feb 2035
Cristhián Rivas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad26 Feb 2035
Cristhián Rivas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match24 Feb 2035
Estudiantes de Merida come up short against Carabobo
Carabobo left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings26 Feb 2035
Rodrigue Ella in the eights
A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings26 Feb 2035
The kick that got away from Luis Ramirez
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ángel Flores
- Player ratings The referee tires of Alfredo Mendoza
- The terraces The press have found their man in Rodrigue Ella