The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Squad30 Nov 2026
99 days out for César Aponte after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Atletico Venezuela will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Luis Rincon
29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Atletico Venezuela lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market30 Nov 2026
Atletico Venezuela may not be able to give Juan Romero what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juan Romero wants continental football; whether Atletico Venezuela can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Atletico Venezuela
Juan Romero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Atletico Venezuela count the cost of losing Jose Arango
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Market30 Nov 2026
The Ignacio Bessone story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ignacio Bessone signs something — a contract at Atletico Venezuela or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Luis Rincon plays
- The dugout Darwin Castillo asks for a word with the manager