The Academia Puerto Cabello Sentinel
Squad22 Jan 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Daniel Saggiomo
30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Academia Puerto Cabello lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Academia Puerto Cabello tie Cristian Murillo down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Academia Puerto Cabello
Gerónimo Bortagaray 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Academia Puerto Cabello
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
José Hernández Chávez frozen out at Academia Puerto Cabello
This is not rotation. José Hernández Chávez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Academia Puerto Cabello is pretending otherwise.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Junior Paredes 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
David Savarino steps up from the Academia Puerto Cabello academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Savarino has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Jose Savarino joins the Academia Puerto Cabello first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jose Savarino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Jan 2029
Academia Puerto Cabello promote Diego Machis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Machis 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.
In brief
- Market Luis Rincon steps up from the Academia Puerto Cabello academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Academia Puerto Cabello against Carabobo
- Squad Words at Academia Puerto Cabello training over how hard people work