The Caracas Herald
Match25 Jan 2031
No mercy from Caracas
Estudiantes de Caracas will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Caracas were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market27 Jan 2031
Andrés Lugo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Caracas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad27 Jan 2031
A move Luciano Suárez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Luciano Suárez is living that version at Caracas, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom27 Jan 2031
10 academy graduates step up at Caracas
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.
Squad27 Jan 2031
Heiderber Ramírez 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 Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market27 Jan 2031
Daniel Martinez steps up from the Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Martinez 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.
Market27 Jan 2031
Caracas promote David Savarino from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Savarino has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market27 Jan 2031
Caracas promote Miguel Cordova from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Cordova has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings27 Jan 2031
Eric Ramírez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.52. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Mauricio Márquez
- Player ratings A masterclass from Miguel Ceccotti
- Squad A row about effort at Caracas