Kevin Castillo

Left Wingback - Cortulua
4 Nov 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Kevin Castillo

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The Cortulua Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Pablo Murillo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cortulua can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Falcao 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.

Match

Cortulua come up short against Junior

Junior left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

No hiding place for Hugo Lopez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hugo Lopez, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Kevin Falcao answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings

Victor Ospina runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

The Jefferson Zapata talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Cortulua know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Kevin Castillo does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

The dugout

Jose Palacios asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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The Cortulua Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cup progress for Cortulua

A 2‑1 win over Alianza Petrolera, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match

Duvan Romero wins it after the whistle should have gone

93 minutes played. Duvan Romero found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Alianza Petrolera went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Carlos Murillo at 18 — 7.77

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Carlos Murillo did not need any: 7.77, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Words exchanged at Cortulua

Héctor Benítez 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 terraces

Cortulua supporters have found a favourite in Carlos Murillo

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Carlos Murillo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cortulua against Union Magdalena

0‑2 to Union Magdalena, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Kevin Castillo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Sergio Romero falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Manuel Mina

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief