The Patriotas Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Michael Nike attracts admirers
The name of Michael Nike has come up in conversations Patriotas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Brayan Fernández signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brayan Fernández and Patriotas agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Brayan Fernández 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 Patriotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Juan José Hurtado 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Esteven Salguero 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Patriotas has picked up the phone to Darwin Palomeque
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Match Patriotas draw a blank against Independiente Medellin
- Market Talks stall between Patriotas and Alejandro Amaya
- Player ratings Iván Camacho spends the afternoon fouling
- Player ratings Brayan Fernández runs at them all day