The Héroes de Falcón Gazette
Squad12 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Leonardo Falcón
114 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Héroes de Falcón lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market12 Oct 2026
Agustín Pignotta hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Héroes de Falcón can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Héroes de Falcón
Leonardo Falcón and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Héroes de Falcón
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Carlos Ramírez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Roberto Gonzalez joins the Héroes de Falcón first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Gonzalez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Daniel Herrera joins the Héroes de Falcón first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ángel Arcaya
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Freider Segovia is a square peg at Héroes de Falcón
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Market12 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Héroes de Falcón
Ándrés González arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
- The dugout Jesús Vargas knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on José González