The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Market28 Sep 2026
Atletico Venezuela may not be able to give Fernando Martinez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Fernando Martinez wants continental football; whether Atletico Venezuela can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Atletico Venezuela
José Graterol and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Atletico Venezuela
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oscar Arango was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Atletico Venezuela count the cost of losing Junior Murillo
32 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Yeferson Martinez 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.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes Jose Castillo a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Atletico Venezuela. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Jose Ferraresi asks for a word with the manager
- Squad José Graterol has settled at Atletico Venezuela
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Daniel Murillo