Marked for David Moreno
From our football correspondent
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Squad27 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Llaneros
Alejandro Moreno and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Words at Llaneros training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jair Andara 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Moreno commits to Llaneros for another 3 years.
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Market8 Feb 2027
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Darwin Castillo had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Rafael Ferraresi out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Llaneros will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Llaneros
Jhon González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Llaneros training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jair Andara 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Oscar Ferraresi is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Llaneros has been clear about where Oscar Ferraresi stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Rondon, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
David Moreno makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
Jhon González 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Llaneros
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Cordova was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Diego Cordova has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gabriel Cordova damages knee ligaments — 19 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Llaneros
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Gonzalez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.