The Valledupar Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
James Murillo decides it from twelve yards
3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match12 Aug 2026
Valledupar through in the cup
A 2‑2 win over Atletico Nacional, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Daniel Sanchez 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Diego Cuadrado
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Yerry Gomez
Marked 8.47 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Diego Santos
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for James Murillo
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Gustavo Moreno
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Yerry Gomez