The Bogota Courier
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Bogota
1‑4 against Independiente Medellin, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A cup hiding at Independiente Medellin leaves Bogota explaining themselves
1-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Diego Montien delivers — 7.53
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Diego Montien scored, was marked 7.53, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Bogota dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑4 Camilo Duque left the room before anybody could ask which.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Harold Sandoval
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day to forget for Alejandro Aguilar
Beaten 4 times, 5 saves, and an afternoon that will go on his record whether it was his fault or the defence’s. It is the quiet unfairness of the position.
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.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Brayan Nazarith
- The dugout Diego Montien gets picked when it counts
- Squad Diego Montien scores his first for Bogota