Joaquín Dobal

Central Defender - Anzoátegui
1 Jul 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Joaquín Dobal

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The Anzoátegui Courier

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Anzoátegui may not be able to give Gabriel Rondon what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gabriel Rondon wants continental football; whether Anzoátegui can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

José Caraballo 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 Anzoátegui this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Joaquín Dobal arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Joaquín Dobal has, at Anzoátegui, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Match

A bad afternoon for Anzoátegui against Zamora

2‑3 to Zamora, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Juan Silgado 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.

Squad

Anzoátegui count the cost of losing Salomon Cordova

32 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout

Anzoátegui keep their word to José Caraballo

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout

Roberto Otero: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 2‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Market

A long bet from Anzoátegui on Joaquín Dobal

He is 20, and nobody at Anzoátegui signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief