The Patriotas Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Carlos Copete out for 88 days
88 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Patriotas lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Amaya has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Patriotas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Patriotas to lose Alejandro Amaya for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Alejandro Amaya has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Patriotas
Sebastián Moreno 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Patriotas against Independiente Medellin
1‑2 to Independiente Medellin, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Éder Chaux
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Éder Chaux, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Duvan Restrepo joins the Patriotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duvan Restrepo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patriotas promote Johan Bacca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Johan Bacca 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rafael Restrepo steps up from the Patriotas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Restrepo 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.
In brief
- Squad 12 new faces, and Patriotas are still learning each other
- The dugout Jorge Quintero: “No excuses”
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Javier Angulo