The Barquisimeto Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Barquisimeto say no — this time
The offer from Persija for Luis Martell was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Linarez 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 Barquisimeto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Darwin Martinez joins the Barquisimeto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Darwin Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luis Savarino joins the Barquisimeto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Savarino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Cristian Otero joins the Barquisimeto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Otero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Barquisimeto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yonaiker Martínez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yonaiker Martínez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yonaiker Martínez, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Kevin Sequera takes the honours
Marked 7.56 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Barquisimeto had the best player on the pitch.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Barquisimeto
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout Fernando Cordova on the point
- Match Barquisimeto and Ureña cancel each other out
- The dugout Aaron Rodríguez asks for a word with the manager