The Valledupar Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Pianese come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Valledupar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Valledupar
Jose Arias 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Valledupar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Felipe Santos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Camilo Gomez 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.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
David Quintero knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Valledupar, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Nicolas Ramirez is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- The dugout Enzo Iglesias keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Nicolas Ramirez