The Mineros de Guayana Courier
Match17 Apr 2027
16 matches without a win for Mineros de Guayana
The run now stands at 16, and the questions being asked around Mineros de Guayana are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Apr 2027
48 days out for Ángelo Peña after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Mineros de Guayana will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match17 Apr 2027
A hiding for Mineros de Guayana
Beaten 0‑4 by Carabobo, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Aquiles Ocanto 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 Mineros de Guayana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Edwar Bracho 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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Kar Luis Sánchez 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Doors closed at Mineros de Guayana
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Francisco Arango faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Francisco Arango after 0‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Looking ahead19 Apr 2027
The leaders are next for Mineros de Guayana
Caracas top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.
In brief
- Squad 4 past Mauro Ruggiero
- The dugout Aquiles Ocanto left out for tactical reasons at Mineros de Guayana
- The dugout When it matters, Carlos Espinoza plays