Daniel Machis

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Atletico Venezuela
27 Sep 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Daniel Machis

103 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Zurab Ananidze breaks a bone — 66 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 66 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Groningen come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Atletico Venezuela did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Victor Rincon 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.

Squad

Alejandro Giménez 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.

Squad

Words at Atletico Venezuela training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernando Murillo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

No time for Zulia to settle

The goal that put Zulia ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Atletico Venezuela equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Match

Honours even between Atletico Venezuela and Zulia

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings

Manuel Páez never got going

5.61 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Salomon Rondon

A mark of 5.65 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

Back issues
101 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Zurab Ananidze breaks a bone — 80 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Reniel Mendoza keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Atletico Venezuela may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

No end in sight to Atletico Venezuela's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Atletico Venezuela has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Victor Rincon 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Carlos Rondon

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

Player ratings

Camilo Mina runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Atletico Venezuela sign 7 boys into the academy

None of them will be seen by anybody outside the training ground for three years, most of them will never play a senior match, and one of them might change the club. That is the whole proposition, and it is why academies exist.

Match

Atletico Venezuela share the spoils with Estudiantes de Merida

A 1‑1 draw with Estudiantes de Merida leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market

Daniel Machis is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Atletico Venezuela has been clear about where Daniel Machis stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief