The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A debut Rafael Casseres will not forget — 7.41
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.41 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Andres Casseres
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Atletico Venezuela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Cordova 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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Daniel Herrera
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match1 Aug 2026
Atletico Venezuela see off Aragua
Three points for Atletico Venezuela, 2‑0 the final word against Aragua in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Andres Ferraresi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andres Ferraresi, and the manager let it.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Daniel Herrera at his very best
Marked 8.59. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Atletico Venezuela.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Victor Otero
Marked 8.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Daniel Murillo signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel Murillo and Atletico Venezuela agree another 2 years.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela
- Market Atletico Venezuela put Sergio Rincon up for sale
- The terraces The press have found their man in Daniel Herrera