The Llaneros Herald
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Llaneros
Luis Marimón 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.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
Emilio Pardo frozen out at Llaneros
This is not rotation. Emilio Pardo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Llaneros is pretending otherwise.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Llaneros lose Ivan Ramirez
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The armband comes off Kevin Armesto
Llaneros will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Match6 Sep 2027
Llaneros have something to play for
Position 4 on 38 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
Market6 Sep 2027
Llaneros put Kevin Armesto up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kevin Armesto may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Juan Camilo Loaiza takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
Market6 Sep 2027
Talks stall between Llaneros and Reynel Garzón
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
Brian Mendoza knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Brian Mendoza trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Boardroom The Llaneros production line keeps running
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Emilio Pardo