The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Player ratings29 Jan 2029
Juan Aguilar scores twice — 8.91
Two goals and a mark of 8.91 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings29 Jan 2029
No sign of nerves from Jesús González at 20 — 7.98
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jesús González did not need any: 7.98, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market29 Jan 2029
Junior 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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas
Roberto Herrera 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.
Match27 Jan 2029
Juan Aguilar among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Juan Aguilar on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Estudiantes de Caracas and Atletico Venezuela.
Match27 Jan 2029
Estudiantes de Caracas find a way past Atletico Venezuela
Atletico Venezuela made Estudiantes de Caracas work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Miguel Ramirez 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.
The terraces29 Jan 2029
Estudiantes de Caracas supporters have found a favourite in Juan Aguilar
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Juan Aguilar has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings29 Jan 2029
Roberto Otero in the eights
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Jose Murillo
- Squad David Murillo stays put
- Squad Jose Murillo is off the mark for Estudiantes de Caracas