The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
40 days out for César Aponte after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Atletico Venezuela will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market25 Jan 2027
Juan Romero puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Atletico Venezuela, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Junior Rondon: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Atletico Venezuela have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market25 Jan 2027
Nicolás Besaccia is a Atletico Venezuela player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Atletico Venezuela
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Atletico Venezuela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Francisco Uviedo 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela
Guillermo Coronel 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.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
The crowd has taken to Rafael Machis
At 19 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
At last: Atletico Venezuela win one
5 matches without a win, and then this, against Mineros de Guayana. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
In brief
- Market Atletico Venezuela promote Cristian Moreno from within
- Market Miguel Ramirez steps up from the Atletico Venezuela academy
- Match Atletico Venezuela find a way past Mineros de Guayana