Junior Castillo

Defensive Midfielder - Mineros de Guayana
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Marked for Junior Castillo

525 Edition

The Mineros de Guayana Courier

18 Aug 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad18 Aug 2036

Renzo Conechny breaks a bone — 61 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market18 Aug 2036

Daniel Otero is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Mineros de Guayana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout18 Aug 2036

Daniel Casseres gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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511 Edition

The Mineros de Guayana Courier

12 May 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 May 2036

7 saves: Abraham Pacheco was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

The dugout12 May 2036

Junior Castillo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mineros de Guayana may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match10 May 2036

No end in sight to Mineros de Guayana's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mineros de Guayana has to find a result from somewhere.

Match10 May 2036

A bad afternoon for Mineros de Guayana against Academia Puerto Cabello

0‑1 to Academia Puerto Cabello, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad12 May 2036

Tomás Zamora is slowing down

At 35, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

The dugout12 May 2036

Interim Coach answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout12 May 2036

The manager makes an example of Daniel Casseres

“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.

Player ratings12 May 2036

Salomon Martinez was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 12. 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.

The dugout12 May 2036

Luis Rosales is still paying for one afternoon at Mineros de Guayana

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

510 Edition

The Mineros de Guayana Courier

5 May 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 May 2036

A knee injury of the worst kind for Johan Hurtado

20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mineros de Guayana lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout5 May 2036

Daniel Otero keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mineros de Guayana may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market5 May 2036

Leonardo Bentancur is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Mineros de Guayana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad5 May 2036

Andrés Domínguez is not the player he was

It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 33 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.

Player ratings5 May 2036

Salomon Martinez was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 15. 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 ratings5 May 2036

Andrés Domínguez stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.38 on the card, and the Mineros de Guayana support went home talking about one name.

Squad5 May 2036

A place in the month's best eleven for Junior Castillo

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Junior Castillo has come out of that comparison in the side, and Mineros de Guayana have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout5 May 2036

Interim Coach: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout5 May 2036

Darwin Ferraresi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief