The Bogota Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
10 saves: Alejandro Aguilar was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match12 Aug 2026
Bogota out of the cup
Independiente Medellin ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Sergio Díaz has agreed to leave Bogota for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sergio Díaz is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bogota is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bogota
Mauricio Medina and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Wilmar Hurtado answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Alejandro Aguilar has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bogota will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Kevin Castro left out for tactical reasons at Bogota
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Diego Montien runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Brayan Nazarith
- Squad Harold Sandoval is off the mark for Bogota
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Samuel Peréa