The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Market21 Sep 2026
Gabriel Machis asks to leave Atletico Venezuela
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Atletico Venezuela
Francisco Rincon and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Junior Martinez out for 60 days
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Junior Martinez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Francisco Rincon 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Diego Cordova knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Diego Cordova trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Roberto Herrera falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Market The Junior Savarino question follows Atletico Venezuela around
- Squad Rafael Rincon is not doing himself any favours