The Monagas Sentinel
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Mateo Velasco keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Monagas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market16 Apr 2029
Edgar Carrión 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 The request is on a desk at Monagas, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Wilken Ramírez frozen out at Monagas
This is not rotation. Wilken Ramírez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Monagas is pretending otherwise.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Monagas
Iván Anderson 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Fernando Basante falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match14 Apr 2029
Estudiantes de Merida take the points off Monagas
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Fernando Basante gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Monagas lose Gabriel Arango
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Fernando Ferraresi: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Looking ahead Mateo Velasco faces his old club
- Player ratings Leandro Rodríguez was unplayable
- Squad A wage question at Monagas