The Aragua Chronicle
Squad1 Jul 2030
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ismael Páez
107 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Aragua lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom1 Jul 2030
The scrutiny sharpens at Aragua
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Aragua is running low.
Market1 Jul 2030
Daniel Rincon 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 The request is on a desk at Aragua, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Jul 2030
A row about effort at Aragua
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wilken Ramírez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets1 Jul 2030
Door shut on Franco Sassone
Aragua asked and Deportivo Tachira said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match29 Jun 2030
Aragua come up short against Caracas
Caracas left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market1 Jul 2030
Aragua promote Darwin Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darwin Arango 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.
Market1 Jul 2030
Aragua promote Roberto Ramirez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Ramirez 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.
Market1 Jul 2030
One of our own: Victor Martinez joins the Aragua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Wilken Ramírez
- Squad Aragua lose Alejandro Savarino
- The dugout Luis Murillo answers for it