Marked for Frey Berrio
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Jan 2029
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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maximiliano Amondarain commits to Envigado for another 2 years.
Squad8 Jan 2029
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Jan 2029
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
$1.5M on the table at Envigado
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
$2.1M a year onto the Envigado books
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
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Steady
Squad31 Jul 2028
Santiago Noreña: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Envigado have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad31 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 95 days on the sidelines for Geindry Cuervo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 Jul 2028
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match26 Jun 2028
Envigado are in among the leaders
Position 1 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market26 Jun 2028
Frey Berrio hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Envigado can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jun 2028
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.
Market26 Jun 2028
The paperwork is done: Manuel López joins from Llaneros in a deal worth $23.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market26 Jun 2028
Aguilas Doradas pay $51.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Envigado can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jun 2028
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 ratings5 Jun 2028
A performance of 9.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market5 Jun 2028
Add another name to the list: Deportivo Cali have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Héctor Preciado. The answer from Envigado has not changed — yet.
Match3 Jun 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Geindry Cuervo. 2‑1 against Depor, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
A performance of 8.70 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
$1.5M on the table at Envigado
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Market5 Jun 2028
Union Magdalena are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Envigado will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market27 Dec 2027
Once Caldas 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
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.
Loan watch27 Dec 2027
“I watch every Envigado game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Andrés Tovar
“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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Abraham Ortíz 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 Envigado, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market27 Dec 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Didier Palacios leaves Envigado the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market29 Nov 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Envigado they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad29 Nov 2027
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.
Loan watch29 Nov 2027
“I watch every Envigado game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Junior runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market1 Nov 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Envigado is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad1 Nov 2027
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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match20 Sep 2027
Envigado refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 42 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Market20 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Envigado they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Sep 2027
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market9 Aug 2027
The bid was some way short and Junior did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Junior may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jannenson Sarmiento and Junior agree another 5 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Junior this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
A performance of 8.83 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match7 Aug 2027
Three points for Junior, 2‑0 the final word against Aguilas Doradas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
Marked 8.69 — 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.
Player ratings9 Aug 2027
A performance of 8.39 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match21 Jul 2027
Junior march on in the cup
Universitario Popayan are out and Junior go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market26 Jul 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Jeffersson Martínez reports back to Junior with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Junior
Jermein Peña 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.
Match24 Jul 2027
2‑3 to Once Caldas, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Marked 9.42 — 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauro Silveira, and the manager let it.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Marked 8.69 — 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.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A performance of 8.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.