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Edition
The Universitario Popayan Gazette
7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Universitario Popayan
Hugo Lopez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Julian Zapata 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Julian Zapata is put on a programme of his own
Individual work, away from the group, aimed at one specific thing the coaches think is holding him back. It rarely makes the news and it is how most improvement actually happens.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Camilo Cardona on the training pitch