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The Aragua Chronicle

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom1 May 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Aragua

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Aragua is running low.

Squad1 May 2028

6 saves: Josué Agüero was the team

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.

The dugout1 May 2028

Blas Samudio says Aragua went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market1 May 2028

Carlos García asks to leave Aragua

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad1 May 2028

A falling-out at Aragua

Josué Agüero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad1 May 2028

A row about effort at Aragua

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcelo Benítez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match29 Apr 2028

A bad afternoon for Aragua against Portuguesa

1‑2 to Portuguesa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Boardroom1 May 2028

134% of the income goes out in wages at Aragua

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout1 May 2028

Jesús Ortíz 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.

In brief

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The Aragua Chronicle

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout14 Feb 2028

Jesús Ceballos frozen out at Aragua

This is not rotation. Jesús Ceballos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Aragua is pretending otherwise.

Player ratings14 Feb 2028

Jesús Ceballos goes up and wins it — 7.67

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.67 for the rest of it.

Boardroom14 Feb 2028

The numbers do not look good at Aragua

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match12 Feb 2028

Ronny Maza sends Aragua past Ureña

It finished 3‑1, and it was Ronny Maza’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Aragua.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Words exchanged at Aragua

Blas Samudio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces14 Feb 2028

Aragua supporters have found a favourite in Avel Medina

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Avel Medina 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.

Squad14 Feb 2028

A row about effort at Aragua

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edwards Pereira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market14 Feb 2028

Avel Medina told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Avel Medina has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Aragua.

The dugout14 Feb 2028

No hiding place for Jesús Ortíz

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jesús Ortíz, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Player ratings Avel Medina stands above it all
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting José Velásquez's mistake
80 Edition

The Aragua Chronicle

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market7 Feb 2028

Jesús Ceballos asks to leave Aragua

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad7 Feb 2028

A falling-out at Aragua

Marcelo Benítez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match5 Feb 2028

A bad afternoon for Aragua against Titanes Guanare

0‑2 to Titanes Guanare, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout7 Feb 2028

Josué Agüero 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.

Market7 Feb 2028

No place for José Velásquez in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” José Velásquez has his answer from Aragua; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Edwards Pereira is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Edwards Pereira has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Too much change too quickly at Aragua

12 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout7 Feb 2028

Junior Rincon answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout7 Feb 2028

Víctor Rivero is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief