The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Tito Rojas out for 34 days
34 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Estudiantes de Merida lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match12 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida march on in the cup
Zulia are out and Estudiantes de Merida go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ángel Flores, 20, steals the show — 8.12
Marked 8.12 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market17 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida turn down Kashiwa Reysol for Adrián Csenterics
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Estudiantes de Merida
Cristhián Rivas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Javier Márquez
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near César Magallan
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Estudiantes de Merida
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristopher Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Bryan Rivera takes the honours
Marked 7.31 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Estudiantes de Merida had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- The dugout Eddie Roberts knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout No place in the plan for Luis Caicedo