The Patriotas Chronicle
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sebastián Moreno breaks a bone — 45 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Carlos Copete runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Kevin Álvarez, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.98
A mark of 7.98 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad31 Aug 2026
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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Michael Nike the difference as Patriotas beat La Equidad
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Michael Nike. 2‑1 against La Equidad, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Johan Campaña
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Iván Camacho dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Michael Nike finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Patriotas have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Johan Campaña ran the game
Chances created: 7. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.
In brief
- Market Still no signature from Esteven Salguero
- Player ratings Kevin Salazar spends the afternoon fouling