Marked for Sergio Herrera
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Sergio Herrera has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Atletico Venezuela will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market14 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Daniel Casseres signs something — a contract at Atletico Venezuela or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Full training, no reaction, and a player who wants to be picked immediately. Atletico Venezuela will hold him back a week and he will spend it arguing.
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Triumph
Match12 Aug 2026
A 2‑0 win over Deportivo Lara, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Edwin Uribe could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 8.00
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 8.00, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Market17 Aug 2026
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Match15 Aug 2026
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Carlos Azócar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Castillo, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
A 1‑0 win over Portuguesa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.