The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Cristian Rosales
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Luis Cordova wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Diego Casseres 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Luis Cordova 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 terraces3 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Caracas supporters have found a favourite in David Herrera
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. David Herrera 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
David Herrera takes the honours
Marked 7.46 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Estudiantes de Caracas had the best player on the pitch.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Luis Cordova knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Luis Cordova trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Miguel Arango
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Miguel Arango, and the manager let it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Point won or two lost for Estudiantes de Caracas?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Portuguesa? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Francisco Cordova in it
- Player ratings The referee tires of Diego Casseres