The Rayo Zuliano Post
Squad22 Jan 2029
Jorge Gómez breaks a bone — 31 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 31 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match20 Jan 2029
The run is over for Rayo Zuliano
11 matches without defeat, and then Estudiantes de Merida. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Rayo Zuliano
Joiser Arias 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Rayo Zuliano
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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Rayo Zuliano
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luis Urbina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market22 Jan 2029
Darwin Herrera steps up from the Rayo Zuliano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darwin Herrera 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Darwin Rosales steps up from the Rayo Zuliano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darwin 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Miguel Ramirez joins the Rayo Zuliano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Jan 2029
Rayo Zuliano promote Fernando Rosales from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Rosales has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Samuel Orejuela
- Match A bad afternoon for Rayo Zuliano against Estudiantes de Merida
- Boardroom Rayo Zuliano let a promise lapse