The Rayo Zuliano Post
Squad24 Jan 2028
65 days out for Samuel Orejuela after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rayo Zuliano will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match22 Jan 2028
No end in sight to Rayo Zuliano's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Rayo Zuliano has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Rayo Zuliano tie Junior Rondon down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Rayo Zuliano
Joiser Arias 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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
1 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Alejandro Ramirez joins the Rayo Zuliano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Jhan Vélez out for 32 days
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Jhan Vélez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market24 Jan 2028
Tomás Mendoza told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Tomás Mendoza has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Rayo Zuliano.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Rafael Ramírez
“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.
In brief
- Match José Ochoa rescues a point for Rayo Zuliano
- Player ratings Luis Urbina runs at them all day
- The dugout Junior Rondon: “We have to be better”