Estudiantes de Merida U18

Venezuelan Primera Division U18
24 Aug 2026
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3 Edition

The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match12 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Estudiantes de Merida

0‑1 against Zulia, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Jesús Lobo

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A defender's afternoon for Cristopher Rodríguez

Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Merida

Cristhián Rivas 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Luis Caicedo

Marked 9.18 — 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Estudiantes de Merida get the job done against Caracas

A 1‑0 win over Caracas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Ángelo Peña in the eights

A performance of 8.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Romeesh Ivey

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Cristhián Rivas asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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2 Edition

The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near César Magallan

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Cristhián Rivas

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 23 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Merida

Cristhián Rivas 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Nobody at Estudiantes de Merida has picked up the phone to Juan Carlos Azócar

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Javier Márquez 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.

Match8 Aug 2026

Estudiantes de Merida draw a blank against Deportivo Tachira

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Deportivo Tachira defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

1 Edition

The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

César Magallan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Cristhián Rivas signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cristhián Rivas commits to Estudiantes de Merida for another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Cristhián 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Luis Caicedo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Caicedo, and the manager let it.

Match1 Aug 2026

Estudiantes de Merida come up short against Metropolitanos

Metropolitanos left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad3 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Gelmín Rivas

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Estudiantes de Merida will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief