The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
Sergio Murillo breaks a bone — 137 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 137 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Sergio Rincon
44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Estudiantes de Caracas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Victor Casseres
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both of them Rafael Rondon's — 8.54
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.54, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Richard Rondon keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Estudiantes de Caracas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Estudiantes de Caracas
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match23 Jan 2027
Estudiantes de Caracas get the job done against Caracas
A 2‑1 win over Caracas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
The crowd has taken to Carlos Machis
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Roberto Castillo steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Castillo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Sergio Herrera steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
- Market Estudiantes de Caracas promote Miguel Gonzalez from within
- Market Estudiantes de Caracas promote Carlos Cordova from within