Junior Herrera

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20 Dec 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Junior Herrera

38 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Richard Moreno hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atletico Venezuela can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Junior Herrera: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Atletico Venezuela have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Nobody wants to play Atletico Venezuela right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings

Gabriel Machis runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela

Yeferson Otero 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 ratings

Juan Martinez shuts the door

Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Match

Atletico Venezuela get the job done against Aragua

A 1‑0 win over Aragua, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

Darwin Rincon in the eights

A performance of 8.24 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Juan Vegas

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

Back issues
33 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Gabriel Machis

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Yeferson Otero in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atletico Venezuela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Deportivo Tachira take the points off Atletico Venezuela

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

No hiding place for Darwin Rincon

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Darwin Rincon, and the manager let it.

Squad

Junior Herrera signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Junior Herrera commits to Atletico Venezuela for another 4 years.

Player ratings

Yeferson Otero keeps on missing

Shots: 5, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

The one thing Darwin Rincon could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Edwin Barrios

A mark of 5.36 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

31 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Juan Vegas

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

The small margins put Atletico Venezuela out

Out, 0‑0 to Deportivo Lara, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Darwin Rincon takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Player ratings

Gabriel Machis runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Miguel Rincon signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miguel Rincon and Atletico Venezuela agree another 3 years.

Squad

Yeferson Otero in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atletico Venezuela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Darwin Rincon

Marked 9.62 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Atletico Venezuela find a way past Trujillanos

Trujillanos made Atletico Venezuela work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Match

6 unbeaten for Atletico Venezuela

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Atletico Venezuela did not have in the autumn.

In brief