The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Squad24 Jan 2028
Carlos Rondon damages knee ligaments — 134 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 134 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Hassan Al-Shamrani: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Atletico Venezuela have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela
Victor Rincon 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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Atletico Venezuela
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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Victor Machis joins the Atletico Venezuela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Machis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Jan 2028
Atletico Venezuela promote Cristian Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Arango 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Carlos Savarino joins the Atletico Venezuela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Savarino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Sergio Rincon joins the Atletico Venezuela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Rincon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad24 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Camilo Mina
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Camilo Mina, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings David Moreno was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Match David Moreno rescues a point for Atletico Venezuela
- Player ratings Rafael Gonzalez never got going