The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Estudiantes de Caracas
A 0‑3 beating by Carabobo was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel 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 Estudiantes de Caracas can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fernando Machis stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Machis and Estudiantes de Caracas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fernando Machis 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Juan Osorio 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for David Murillo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Murillo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Boardroom Nobody left the Estudiantes de Caracas dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Cristian Casseres
- Player ratings The referee tires of David Murillo