The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Atletico Venezuela
0‑2 against Deportivo Lara, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
7 saves: Darwin Soteldo was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Atletico Venezuela
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Atletico Venezuela are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Atletico Venezuela
José Ferrer 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 dugout17 Aug 2026
Francisco Casseres 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Atletico Venezuela against Carabobo
0‑1 to Carabobo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Richard Rosales faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Richard Rosales after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Diego Savarino signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Savarino commits to Atletico Venezuela for another 3 years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Junior Arango runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Rafael Soteldo makes his debut at 20
- The dugout Sergio Castillo left out for tactical reasons at Atletico Venezuela
- Player ratings The whistle followed Daniel Savarino around