The Llaneros Herald
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
David Machis scores twice — 8.06
Two goals and a mark of 8.06 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Carlos Rincon pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Llaneros
Carlos Rincon 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.
Match11 Mar 2028
Llaneros see off Metropolitanos
Three points for Llaneros, 2‑0 the final word against Metropolitanos in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Oscar Ramirez 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
David Rincon 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.
Market13 Mar 2028
Llaneros sign Jason Ross, one for the future
Jason Ross is 17, and Llaneros have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Oscar Ramirez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
David Rincon could not find anything
5.30. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
In brief
- Market David Machis linked with a move away
- Boardroom The Llaneros production line keeps running