The Real Cartagena Sentinel
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Juan David Rodríguez: 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.” Real Cartagena have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market28 Sep 2026
Luis Guevara is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Real Cartagena is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Real Cartagena
Fredy Montero and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Cristian Graciano
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cristian Graciano, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Real Cartagena are still strangers to each other
23 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
When it matters, Andrés Escobar plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout Carlos De Las Salas has been promised minutes
- Squad The penny has dropped for Jaen Pineda
- Squad Marcel Vergara is out on the grass again