The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Atletico Venezuela's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Atletico Venezuela has to find a result from somewhere.
Market24 Aug 2026
Borneo come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Atletico Venezuela did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Atletico Venezuela
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Romero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Victor Rondon 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Rafael Cordova was the difference for Atletico Venezuela
Marked 7.46. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Juan Romero was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Sergio Rincon on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Sergio Rincon after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Atletico Venezuela pick somebody else ahead of Junior Rondon
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Daniel Casseres shuts the door
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Match Atletico Venezuela and Carabobo cancel each other out
- The dugout Fernando Machis has become a man the manager trusts
- Player ratings Wilmar Vargas could have had three