The Llaneros Herald
Match13 Feb 2027
No mercy from Llaneros
Atletico Venezuela will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Llaneros were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Franco Villalba keeps Llaneros in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A goal and an assist for Fernando Gonzalez — 7.93
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.93 beside his name.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Juan Sebastián Sierra 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Llaneros training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Franco Villalba 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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
Llaneros supporters have found a favourite in Juan Sebastián Sierra
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Juan Sebastián Sierra 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Yeferson Rosales was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Daniel Martinez in the eights
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Freider Segovia 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.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for David Savarino
- The terraces Franco Villalba has his own song now