The Llaneros Herald
The terraces14 Jul 2042
The mood at Llaneros has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad14 Jul 2042
A fracture rules Martín García out for 70 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Llaneros will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market14 Jul 2042
Alejandro Gonzalez 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 Llaneros can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings14 Jul 2042
A defender's goal wins it for Llaneros — 7.88
1 for Alejandro Gonzalez, marked 7.88, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad14 Jul 2042
Santiago Castro 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 Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jul 2042
Julián Pou 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.
Match12 Jul 2042
Llaneros see off Estudiantes de Merida
Three points for Llaneros, 2‑1 the final word against Estudiantes de Merida in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces14 Jul 2042
Llaneros supporters have found a favourite in Alejandro Gonzalez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Alejandro Gonzalez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings14 Jul 2042
Santiago Perez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.55. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Tiago Marghetich
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Luis Ramirez
- Boardroom Llaneros were not finished after all