Marked for Alejandro Chalarca
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
Edison López 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 Envigado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Neymar Uribe and Envigado agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jesús Hernández, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A new face in his position, and Hassan Vergara suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Envigado have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market11 Jan 2027
The clock runs on Nilzo Ronaldo's contract
61 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
A season-long audition: Union Magdalena still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Envigado's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
Edison López 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 Envigado this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
316% of the income goes out in wages at Envigado
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match5 Sep 2026
0‑1 to America de Cali, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Sep 2026
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jesús Hernández
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Aug 2026
Benevento come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Envigado did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Edison López 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Marked 9.25 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad10 Aug 2026
47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hassan Vergara and Envigado agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hassan Vergara, and the manager let it.
Match8 Aug 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.