Francisco Rosales

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Llaneros
17 Jul 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Francisco Rosales

84 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Salomon Gonzalez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Salomon Gonzalez and Llaneros agree another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Llaneros

Jose Savarino 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.

Squad

Leonel Valencia 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

Home is on Maxim Bogdanets's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Llaneros are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Match

Llaneros see off Trujillanos

Three points for Llaneros, 2‑1 the final word against Trujillanos in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

Llaneros supporters have found a favourite in José Antonio Montilla

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. José Antonio Montilla 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 ratings

Cristian Murillo stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.92 on the card, and the Llaneros support went home talking about one name.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Rafael Casseres

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

24 months and counting on Francisco Rosales

Still no offer on the table, and Francisco Rosales’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief

Back issues
46 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Yeferson Ferraresi 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.

Squad

Francisco Rosales keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Llaneros may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

8 unbeaten for Llaneros

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Llaneros did not have in the autumn.

Market

Llaneros say no — this time

The offer from Deportivo Lara for Juan Ferraresi 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.

Market

Deportivo Lara join the queue for Yeferson Ferraresi

Add another name to the list: Deportivo Lara have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Yeferson Ferraresi. The answer from Llaneros has not changed — yet.

Squad

Jose Savarino signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jose Savarino and Llaneros agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Llaneros

Fernando Machis 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 ratings

Jose Savarino runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

No hiding place for Rafael Murillo

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

In brief

41 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Yeferson Ferraresi 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

Fernando Machis 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Darwin Rincon

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Words at Llaneros training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Augusto Mosquera 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.

Player ratings

Fernando Machis was the difference for Llaneros

Marked 7.61. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Match

Llaneros share the spoils with Carabobo

A 1‑1 draw with Carabobo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief