The Junior Chronicle
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Teo Gutiérrez 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
José Enamorado is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and José Enamorado has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A promotion for Cristian Barrios
Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Cristian Barrios has moved up it.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Yilmar Filigrana gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Yilmar Filigrana is on it.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Daniel Rivera asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Looking ahead7 Sep 2026
Pablo Ortiz goes back to face Deportivo Pasto
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Pablo Ortiz’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Junior needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Mauro Silveira question follows Junior around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Mauro Silveira’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Mauro Silveira has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mauro Silveira has written the date down.
Market7 Sep 2026
Omar Robles leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Omar Robles leaves Junior the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Deportivo Pasto at home
- Squad Francisco Fydriszewski named in the team of the week
- Squad Déiber Caicedo is put on a programme of his own