The Rayo Zuliano Post
Squad15 Jan 2029
A fracture rules Jorge Gómez out for 39 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rayo Zuliano will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Joiser Arias in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rayo Zuliano this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Samuel Orejuela 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
One of our own: Luis Rondon joins the Rayo Zuliano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Rondon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Jan 2029
Rayo Zuliano promote Diego Murillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Murillo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market15 Jan 2029
One of our own: David Rincon joins the Rayo Zuliano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Rincon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Jan 2029
Carlos Arango steps up from the Rayo Zuliano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Arango has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Carlos Arango out for 33 days
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Carlos Arango, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
When it matters, Luiyi Rincón plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Luis Urbina a promise
- The dugout The manager comes out for Joiser Arias
- Boardroom Rayo Zuliano keep producing them