The Rayo Zuliano Post
Player ratings22 Jan 2029
Nobody could get near Luis Urbina
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match20 Jan 2029
Rayo Zuliano make home a hard place to visit
15 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Paolo Chacón keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rayo Zuliano may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market22 Jan 2029
Rafael Ramírez asks to leave Rayo Zuliano
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Óscar Conde frozen out at Rayo Zuliano
This is not rotation. Óscar Conde has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Rayo Zuliano is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Jose Cordova signs on for the long haul
Rayo Zuliano moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jose Cordova, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
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
Ian Pardo 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Argentinos Juniors tell Rayo Zuliano: Leandro Finochietto is not for sale
- Market One of our own: Alejandro Ramirez joins the Rayo Zuliano first team
- Market Alejandro Martinez steps up from the Rayo Zuliano academy