Marked for Alejandro Arango
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match15 Apr 2028
A 0‑3 beating by Barquisimeto was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
This is not rotation. Oscar Castillo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Titanes Guanare is pretending otherwise.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Stiven Rentería and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Titanes Guanare training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Ferraresi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.39, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Diego Rinaldi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
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 dugout17 Apr 2028
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 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Roberto Casseres to a room that had heard them before.
Looking ahead17 Apr 2028
Deportivo Miranda next, and one man in the Titanes Guanare dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match4 Mar 2028
Stiven Rentería wins it after the whistle should have gone
91 minutes played. Stiven Rentería found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Bolívar went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Two goals and a mark of 8.32 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad6 Mar 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market6 Mar 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Titanes Guanare, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Victor Osorio and Titanes Guanare agree another 4 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Diego Ramirez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match4 Mar 2028
Three points for Titanes Guanare, 3‑2 the final word against Bolívar in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Ferraresi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces6 Mar 2028
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
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The dugout
The manager makes an example of Thiago Cortés
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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The dugout
Oscar Castillo knocks on the manager’s door
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Uneasy
Squad15 Nov 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 36 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market15 Nov 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Titanes Guanare, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
This is not rotation. Diego Murillo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Titanes Guanare is pretending otherwise.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Diego Murillo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
“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.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Diego Murillo asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Titanes Guanare this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Titanes Guanare, and 13 appearances in 43 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alejandro Ferraresi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Titanes Guanare training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Arango is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market25 Oct 2027
Titanes Guanare have let the market know Victor Rincon can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
9 appearances at CSM Reșița and the goals keep coming. Titanes Guanare are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Upbeat
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Barquisimeto had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Alejandro Arango, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.64
A mark of 7.64 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad28 Jun 2027
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Diego Ramirez 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.
Match26 Jun 2027
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Ferraresi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Pedro Fulco 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.
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Steady
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Titanes Guanare have gone to Carabobo with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Titanes Guanare this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Richard Cordova trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Alejandro Arango 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.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Richard Cordova was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Ferraresi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Edwin Muriel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Titanes Guanare know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market5 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roberto Murillo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.