The Academia Puerto Cabello B Chronicle
Match31 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Academia Puerto Cabello B's wait for a win
31 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Academia Puerto Cabello B has to find a result from somewhere.
Match31 Jul 2027
Academia Puerto Cabello B are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 27 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Match31 Jul 2027
Academia Puerto Cabello B taken apart
1‑4 to Atlético El Vigía, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market2 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Tony Shimaga
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Tony Shimaga will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Academia Puerto Cabello B the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Ángel Peréz left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ángel Peréz will call it something else in private.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Inquest at Academia Puerto Cabello B
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Somebody else is better right now than Ángel Peréz
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Heiber Linares is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Heiber Linares has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Market2 Aug 2027
Eduardo Herrera placed on the list
Academia Puerto Cabello B have made Eduardo Herrera available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Squad Ángel Peréz loses the armband
- Squad A long afternoon for Eduardo Herrera
- The dugout Alan Duré knocks on the manager's door