The Juan Aurich Courier
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
Juan Aurich run out of patience with Kevin Ruidiaz
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Kevin Ruidiaz clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Squad3 Feb 2031
The knee: Víctor Cumpa out for 114 days
114 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Juan Aurich lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 Feb 2031
A fracture rules Fabricio Roldán out for 38 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Juan Aurich will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
A stranger takes charge at Juan Aurich
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Market3 Feb 2031
Daniel Tarazona 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 The request is on a desk at Juan Aurich, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
Interim Coach steps up at Juan Aurich for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Words exchanged at Juan Aurich
Alex Valera 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.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
5 academy graduates step up at Juan Aurich
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Words at Juan Aurich training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joaquín Livera 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.
In brief
- Match Melgar take the points off Juan Aurich
- Market Juan Aurich promote Edison Caceda from within
- Market Juan Aurich promote Edison Ruidiaz from within