Carlos Copete

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Patriotas
3 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Carlos Copete

16 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Carlos Copete: 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.” Patriotas have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

8 matches without a win for Patriotas

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Patriotas are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Patriotas

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Tempers go at Patriotas

Michael Nike 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.

Squad

Words at Patriotas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Esteven Salguero 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.

Squad

Patriotas pick somebody else ahead of Sebastián Moreno

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Match

Patriotas draw a blank against Atletico Bucaramanga

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Atletico Bucaramanga defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

4 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Patriotas's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Patriotas has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

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.

Match

Patriotas come up short against Jaguares

Jaguares left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

2 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Patriotas

Brayan Fernández 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Michael Nike

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Nike, and the manager let it.

Match

Patriotas come up short against Deportivo Cali

Deportivo Cali left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

48 months and counting on Michael Nike

Still no offer on the table, and Michael Nike’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Carlos Copete

Successful dribbles: 10. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Alexander Carabalí left out for tactical reasons at Patriotas

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief