The Angostura Chronicle
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Angostura run out of patience with Junior Martinez
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Junior Martinez clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Market22 Jan 2029
Jorge Páez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Angostura can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Sergio Rincon steps up at Angostura for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Carlos Carrasquero: 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.” Angostura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Angostura
Juan Carlos Azócar 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Angostura
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.
The terraces22 Jan 2029
One of their own: Sebastián Calabrese
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market22 Jan 2029
Angostura promote Fernando Ferraresi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Ferraresi 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Luis Murillo joins the Angostura first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Murillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Juan Rosales steps up from the Angostura academy
- Match Sebastián Calabrese sends Angostura past Titanes Guanare
- Player ratings The game went through Junior Rosales — 6.74