The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Match1 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Caracas run riot against Portuguesa
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sergio Murillo 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gabriel Arango stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Arango and Estudiantes de Caracas agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Caracas supporters have found a favourite in Oscar Casseres
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Oscar Casseres has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
One of those days for Darwin Soteldo
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Victor Martinez 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Sergio Murillo runs at them all day
- Squad Sergio Murillo knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The shop window has Cristian Castillo in it