The Carabobo Herald
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nothing got past Juan Camilo Pérez
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 34 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Ángelo Lucena runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Carabobo
Lucas Bruera 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
Andres Cordova is a Carabobo player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
As if he never left: Rafael Martinez returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Rafael Martinez is a Carabobo player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market25 Jan 2027
Darwin Cordova comes home
The shirt still fits. Darwin Cordova is back at Carabobo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Jan 2027
Luis Ramirez comes home
The shirt still fits. Luis Ramirez is back at Carabobo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Eric Ramírez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eric Ramírez, and the manager let it.
Loan watch25 Jan 2027
Loureins Martínez has seen enough of Caracas
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Carabobo, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Player ratings Maurice Cova stands above it all
- Boardroom 91% of the income goes out in wages at Carabobo
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Abraham Bahachille