The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
David Osorio scores twice — 9.11
Two goals and a mark of 9.11 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Rafael Ramirez 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 Atletico Venezuela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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.
Match23 Jan 2027
David Osorio sends Atletico Venezuela past Mineros de Guayana
It finished 3‑2, and it was David Osorio’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Atletico Venezuela.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Marcos Pereira
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Diego Otero was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.97. 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Atletico Venezuela promote Carlos Ferraresi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Richard Cordova joins the Atletico Venezuela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Cordova is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Daniel Cordova steps up from the Atletico Venezuela academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Cordova 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.
In brief
- Market Alejandro Herrera steps up from the Atletico Venezuela academy
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Miguel Osorio