The Carabobo Herald
Market25 Jan 2027
Juan Camilo Pérez 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 Carabobo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Lucas Bruera
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market25 Jan 2027
Only the photograph left for Keiber Roa
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Keiber Roa will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Carabobo the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Carabobo
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Carabobo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Robert Hernández is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Carabobo
Leonardo Aponte and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Junior Ramirez joins the Carabobo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Junior Ramirez 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
One of our own: Jose Otero joins the Carabobo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jose Otero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Robert Hernández runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Juan Castillo on the draw
- Boardroom Carabobo turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Carabobo draw a blank against Zamora