The Patriotas Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Patriotas
Brayan Fernández 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Andrés Macea at Patriotas
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Andrés Macea is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Iván Camacho signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Iván Camacho commits to Patriotas for another 4 years.
Match10 Oct 2026
Patriotas come up short against Santa Fe
Santa Fe left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Juan Esteban Sánchez gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Johan Campaña runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Kevin Salazar
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A day to forget for Ferney Rivadeneira
Marked 5.56, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Sebastián Moreno never got going
5.72 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Kevin Salazar
- Market Still no signature from Esteven Salguero