“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Monagas B will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. José Araguache is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
“Nobody outside is coming to save us.” It was short, it was not comfortable, and by all accounts the Monagas B squad were quieter afterwards than they had been all season.
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Fernando Rincon to a room that had heard them before.
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Trujillanos.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Fabricio Ramírez. 2‑0 against Academia Puerto Cabello B, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Jhon Mancilla and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Fernando Rincon kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emmanuel Reyes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.