The Independiente Medellin Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Salvador Ichazo wins the shoot-out
2 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Independiente Medellin
0‑0 against Bogota, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Diego Herazo's — 8.76
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.76, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match15 Aug 2026
Independiente Medellin get the job done against Deportivo Pereira
A 2‑0 win over Deportivo Pereira, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Adrián Mosquera 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 Independiente Medellin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
From twelve yards, and Diego Moreno misses
A penalty is the one moment in football with nowhere to hide, and he did not score it. The walk back was long and the week will be longer.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
A satisfied Juan Bacca
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Juan Bacca could afford to be generous.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Halam Loboa's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Juan José Córdoba was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Player ratings Halam Loboa never got going
- The dugout Joaquín Varela left out for tactical reasons at Independiente Medellin
- The dugout When it matters, Diego Moreno plays