The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 saves: Yhonatann Yustiz was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jeizon Ramírez Chacón runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Metropolitanos
Jean Franco Fuentes 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jeizon Ramírez Chacón falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Metropolitanos promote Sergio Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Herrera 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Metropolitanos promote Salomon Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salomon Martinez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Arango steps up from the Metropolitanos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Arango 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
David Arango steps up from the Metropolitanos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Arango 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Metropolitanos against Deportivo La Guaira
0‑1 to Deportivo La Guaira, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Squad Junior Cedeño has outgrown this division
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Junior Cedeño left out for tactical reasons at Metropolitanos