The Real Cartagena Sentinel
Match19 Aug 2026
Leonardo Vides sends Real Cartagena through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Leonardo Vides obliged against Deportivo Cali. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Real Cartagena.
Match19 Aug 2026
Real Cartagena win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Deportivo Cali will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Leonardo Vides, 19, steals the show — 7.66
Marked 7.66 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
Kokand 1912 watching Cristian Graciano
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Real Cartagena have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market24 Aug 2026
Jaen Pineda wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Real Cartagena
Fredy Montero 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 ratings24 Aug 2026
Álvaro Meléndez scored one and made one — 7.97
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.97, and 2 involvements.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Real Cartagena agree a free transfer for Santiago Álzate
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Real Cartagena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Mosquera Marmolejo 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.
In brief
- The dugout Fredy Montero gets it from the manager
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Leonardo Vides
- The dugout Real Cartagena pick somebody else ahead of Fredy Montero