The Union Magdalena Herald
Squad18 Jan 2027
Víctor Cabezas 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 Union Magdalena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Union Magdalena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabián Mosquera is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad18 Jan 2027
No place for Julián Ibarra in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Union Magdalena are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market18 Jan 2027
Víctor Cabezas linked with a move away
The name of Víctor Cabezas keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Union Magdalena say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Jairo Pimienta 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 Jairo Pimienta is on it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Humberto Acevedo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Union Magdalena, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Jairo Pimienta in it
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Víctor Cabezas
- Squad Luis Narváez is not doing himself any favours