The Aragua Chronicle
Squad25 Jan 2027
José Pérez damages knee ligaments — 104 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 104 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
José Velásquez puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aragua, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match23 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Aragua
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.
Match23 Jan 2027
The goals have deserted Aragua
5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Aragua can tell you which week it ends in.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Aragua
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Aragua
Juan Briceño 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Aragua promote Francisco Ferraresi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco 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
David Ramirez steps up from the Aragua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Ramirez 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
Francisco Casseres steps up from the Aragua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francisco Casseres 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
- Squad The manager makes an example of Ronny Maza
- Squad Grey Montiel falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Aragua