Luis Gonzalez

Central Midfielder - Llaneros
13 Jun 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Luis Gonzalez

27 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Sergio Savarino damages knee ligaments — 40 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 40 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.

Market

Luis Gonzalez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Llaneros, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Diego Ramirez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

No end in sight to Llaneros's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Llaneros has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Francisco Gonzalez 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

Miguel Pernía 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.

Market

Sergio Savarino told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sergio Savarino has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Llaneros.

Match

Mineros de Guayana take the points off Llaneros

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Felipe Mercado signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Felipe Mercado commits to Llaneros for another 3 years.

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Sergio Savarino damages knee ligaments — 49 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 49 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.

Market

Andres Ramirez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Llaneros, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Llaneros

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad

Tempers go at Llaneros

Francisco Soteldo 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.

Market

One of our own: Gabriel Otero joins the Llaneros first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Otero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: David Herrera joins the Llaneros first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

David Rosales steps up from the Llaneros academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Rosales has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Player ratings

Oscar Osorio runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Diego Ramirez takes the honours

Marked 7.86 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Llaneros had the best player on the pitch.

In brief