The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Atletico Venezuela sell Gael Benítez for $1.5M
Gael Benítez has left for USM Alger in a $1.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Gonzalez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Gonzalez commits to Atletico Venezuela for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela
Francisco Osorio 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Francisco Ramirez
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Atletico Venezuela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Navarro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Gonzalez 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.
In brief
- Match Atletico Venezuela draw a blank against Portuguesa
- Market The clock runs on Fernando Machis's contract
- Market Darwin Ferraresi leaves for nothing