The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
Richard Moreno damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match23 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Estudiantes de Caracas
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market25 Jan 2027
Luis Ferraresi asks to leave Estudiantes de Caracas
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Rafael Rosales
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Alejandro Savarino 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Estudiantes de Caracas
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market25 Jan 2027
David Martinez steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Martinez 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Carlos Rondon steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Rondon 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Estudiantes de Caracas promote Alejandro Murillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Murillo 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.
In brief
- Match Estudiantes de Caracas come up short against Caracas
- Squad Alejandro Casseres falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad A first senior shirt for Junior Otero