The Carabobo Herald
Squad21 Jan 2030
Juan Perdomo damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 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.
Market21 Jan 2030
Only the photograph left for Luis Casimiro Peña
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Luis Casimiro Peña will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Carabobo the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market21 Jan 2030
Carabobo may not be able to give Ángelo Lucena what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ángelo Lucena wants continental football; whether Carabobo can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom21 Jan 2030
Roberto Arango signs on for the long haul
Carabobo moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Roberto Arango, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Carabobo
Lucas Bruera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom21 Jan 2030
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Carabobo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Words at Carabobo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ezequiel Neira 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.
Squad21 Jan 2030
No hiding place for Maurice Cova
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maurice Cova, and the manager let it.
Market21 Jan 2030
One of our own: Oscar Casseres joins the Carabobo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Casseres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Carabobo promote Sergio Rosales from within
- Boardroom Carabobo keep producing them