The Monagas Sentinel
Market2 Nov 2026
Alberson Rodríguez is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Monagas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Monagas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Felipe Jaramillo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Monagas
Joyce Ossa 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Monagas count the cost of losing Ronald Rodríguez
25 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Franklin González gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Franklin González is on it.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Richard Peralta asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Franklin González story refuses to die
- Market Monagas and Jesús Paz are talking past each other
- The dugout A door opens for Joyce Ossa
- Squad One-to-one work for Cristian Ramírez