The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Squad1 Mar 2032
Rafael Ferraresi damages knee ligaments — 23 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 23 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match28 Feb 2032
Nowhere to hide for Estudiantes de Caracas
0‑4 against Metropolitanos, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match25 Feb 2032
Estudiantes de Caracas bow out of the cup
Caracas go through and Estudiantes de Caracas go home, 0‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings1 Mar 2032
Andres Rincon runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces1 Mar 2032
A cup hiding at Caracas leaves Estudiantes de Caracas explaining themselves
0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Squad1 Mar 2032
Roberto Machis keeps Estudiantes de Caracas in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market1 Mar 2032
Daniel Ramirez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Estudiantes de Caracas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Mar 2032
Junior Arango 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.
Match28 Feb 2032
No end in sight to Estudiantes de Caracas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estudiantes de Caracas has to find a result from somewhere.
In brief
- Squad Aytor Herrera signs on for more
- Squad Roberto Herrera in a row with a teammate
- Boardroom Inquest at Estudiantes de Caracas