The Los Andes Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mauricio Asenjo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mauricio Asenjo and Los Andes agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Los Andes
Brian Leizza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match1 Aug 2026
Los Andes find a way past Alvarado
Alvarado made Los Andes work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Los Andes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Franco is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Mauricio Asenjo's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
17 new faces, and Los Andes are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mauricio Asenjo takes the honours
Marked 7.52 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Los Andes had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Hernán Domínguez has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Hernán Domínguez on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mario Galeano beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Market Los Andes and Daniel Franco are talking past each other
- Looking ahead Los Andes take on the side everybody is chasing
- The dugout Daniel Franco knocks on the manager's door