The Valledupar Post
Match29 Jan 2028
Chastening afternoon for Valledupar
A 1‑4 beating by America de Cali was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market31 Jan 2028
Fabian Cuadrado asks to leave Valledupar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
Nobody could get near Mateo Sinisterra
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabian Cuadrado 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Richard Castillo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Joaquín Stizza 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.
Boardroom31 Jan 2028
Nobody left the Valledupar 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Too much change too quickly at Valledupar
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
Pablo Caicedo never got going
5.65 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 Harrinson Mancilla could not find anything
- Player ratings David Rodriguez never got going
- Market The shop window has Richard Castillo in it