Marked for Alejandro Arango
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
Rubén Rivas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Llaneros can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Llaneros
Daniel Casseres 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Alejandro Arango is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Back issues
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
Caracas ended it 0‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A cup hiding at Caracas leaves Llaneros explaining themselves
0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Llaneros
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Llaneros are no longer polite ones.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a goal for Llaneros
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Daniel Casseres 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Llaneros are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Match15 Aug 2026
0‑2 to Portuguesa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Daniel Otero
“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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Llaneros 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.