The Carabobo Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Carabobo may not be able to give Eric Ramírez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Eric Ramírez wants continental football; whether Carabobo can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Leonardo Aponte 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 Carabobo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Carabobo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ezequiel Neira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Juan Camilo Pérez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Carabobo lose Jose Ramirez
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Abraham Bahachille gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Rafael Savarino on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Rafael Savarino after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Match22 Aug 2026
Carabobo draw a blank against Atletico Venezuela
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Atletico Venezuela defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Dimas Meza left out for tactical reasons at Carabobo
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Squad The shirt belongs to Lucas Bruera now
- The dugout Miguel Silva knocks on the manager's door
- Player ratings Ezequiel Neira spends the afternoon fouling