Sergio Arango

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Héroes de Falcón U18
12 Aug 2029
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155 Edition

The Héroes de Falcón Gazette

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Jul 2029

Sergio Arango damages knee ligaments — 15 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market16 Jul 2029

Jankor Ochoa 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.

Squad16 Jul 2029

Tempers go at Héroes de Falcón

José Daniel Vargas 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.

Squad16 Jul 2029

José Carrasco is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Héroes de Falcón know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

The dugout16 Jul 2029

Naygers Flores frozen out at Héroes de Falcón

This is not rotation. Naygers Flores has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Héroes de Falcón is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets16 Jul 2029

Héroes de Falcón rebuffed over Diego Osorio

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Academia Puerto Cabello have kept their man, and Héroes de Falcón go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom16 Jul 2029

Wages swallow 245% of the Héroes de Falcón income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout16 Jul 2029

No hiding place for José Daniel Vargas

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Daniel Vargas, and the manager let it.

Match14 Jul 2029

Dhylan Castillo sends Héroes de Falcón past Barquisimeto

It finished 1‑0, and it was Dhylan Castillo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Héroes de Falcón.

In brief

Back issues
154 Edition

The Héroes de Falcón Gazette

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad9 Jul 2029

The knee: Sergio Arango out for 22 days

22 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Héroes de Falcón lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings9 Jul 2029

Dhylan Castillo was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 32. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings9 Jul 2029

José Carrasco, 21, steals the show — 8.05

Marked 8.05 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

The terraces9 Jul 2029

Héroes de Falcón sell a favourite for $150.0K

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Edward Osorio was one of the reasons people came, and $150.0K does not replace that by itself.

Squad9 Jul 2029

A move Lucas Medina would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Lucas Medina is living that version at Héroes de Falcón, and it tends to show in the first month.

Market9 Jul 2029

Héroes de Falcón sell Edward Osorio for $150.0K

Edward Osorio has left for Monagas in a $150.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Transfer targets9 Jul 2029

Héroes de Falcón rebuffed over Jorge Pinto

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. UCV have kept their man, and Héroes de Falcón go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces9 Jul 2029

The crowd has taken to José Carrasco

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match7 Jul 2029

The drought breaks for Héroes de Falcón

5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Atlético El Vigía were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

In brief

153 Edition

The Héroes de Falcón Gazette

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad2 Jul 2029

Sergio Arango damages knee ligaments — 30 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 30 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market2 Jul 2029

Terms done: Edward Osorio is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Monagas waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Héroes de Falcón is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

David Rincon has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Héroes de Falcón can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Luis Corredor stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market2 Jul 2029

Edward Osorio puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Héroes de Falcón, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match30 Jun 2029

5 matches without a win for Héroes de Falcón

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Héroes de Falcón are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

The owner puts $609.8K into Héroes de Falcón

This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.

Match30 Jun 2029

Aragua take the points off Héroes de Falcón

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings2 Jul 2029

Kleybert Rivero beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief