The Universitario Popayan Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
Miguel Palacios damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Both of them Francisco Valencia's — 9.60
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.60, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Francisco Valencia is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.52 with 20 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A one-man rearguard from Fabian Cuadrado
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market12 Apr 2027
Daniel Cordoba 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 Universitario Popayan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Julian Ramirez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Universitario Popayan have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Apr 2027
Only the photograph left for Santiago Mejia
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Santiago Mejia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Universitario Popayan the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match10 Apr 2027
Francisco Valencia among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Francisco Valencia on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Universitario Popayan and La Equidad.
Match10 Apr 2027
Universitario Popayan share the spoils with La Equidad
A 3‑3 draw with La Equidad leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings The cruellest goal, and it is Yerry Gonzalez's
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: James Bacca
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Edwin Sinisterra