Sergio Rincon

Central Midfielder - Llaneros
5 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Sergio Rincon

5 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Carlos Gonzalez asks to leave Llaneros

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Richard Moreno 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Llaneros

Daniel Cordova 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.

Market

Carlos Soteldo linked with a move away

The name of Carlos Soteldo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Llaneros say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

When it matters, Chiqui plays

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.

Squad

Andres Herrera makes the division’s eleven — 6.59

Marked 6.59, and picked in the team of the week for it. He was the best player on that pitch and the selectors saw the same match everybody else did.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Richard Moreno stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Richard Moreno and Llaneros agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Sergio Rincon the difference as Llaneros beat Deportivo Lara

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sergio Rincon. 3‑1 against Deportivo Lara, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Richard Moreno 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.

Squad

Victor Rincon 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 Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

No hiding place for Rafael Gonzalez

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

Player ratings

Carlos Soteldo in the eights

A performance of 8.54 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Sergio Rincon at the heart of a fast Llaneros start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Sergio Rincon in the middle of it, and Deportivo Lara unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

The dugout

Juan Rondon: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 3‑1, already talking about the next one.

The dugout

Richard Moreno 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

1 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Llaneros tear Zulia apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Zulia, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Chiqui could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.26

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.26, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Player ratings

Carlos Soteldo scores twice — 8.56

Two goals and a mark of 8.56 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Llaneros say no — this time

The offer from Persis for Chiqui was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Richard Moreno 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 Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Andres Herrera 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.

The terraces

Llaneros supporters have found a favourite in Chiqui

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Chiqui has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

Victor Otero signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Otero commits to Llaneros for another 2 years.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Juan Rondon, on a 3‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief