Nicolas Torres

Defensive Midfielder - Cortulua U18
29 Apr 2029
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Marked for Nicolas Torres

143 Edition

The Cortulua Post

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad23 Apr 2029

Nicolas Torres breaks a bone — 39 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings23 Apr 2029

Jordan Ferrín, 21, steals the show — 7.88

Marked 7.88 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match21 Apr 2029

After 9 games, Cortulua finally taste it again

The first defeat in 9 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Real Santander; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Cortulua

Freddy Herrera 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.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Juan Augusto Mosquera stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Augusto Mosquera and Cortulua agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match21 Apr 2029

Jordan Ferrín’s goal not enough for Cortulua

Jordan Ferrín scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Real Santander, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Jonathan Ávila 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.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

Julian Lemos answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings23 Apr 2029

The cruellest goal, and it is Jeisson Castro's

A touch he did not want, a bounce he could not have read, and his name in the wrong column. There is no consoling a man after one of these, and Cortulua will not try tonight.

In brief

Back issues
142 Edition

The Cortulua Post

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Apr 2029

A fracture rules Nicolas Torres out for 48 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Cortulua will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match14 Apr 2029

9 unbeaten for Cortulua

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Cortulua did not have in the autumn.

Market16 Apr 2029

Andres Garcia has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cortulua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Words exchanged at Cortulua

Freddy Herrera 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.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

No hiding place for Cristian Arias

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cristian Arias, and the manager let it.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Ávila 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.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

Gallito gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Gallito is on it.

Match14 Apr 2029

Cortulua share the spoils with Fortaleza CEIF

A 1‑1 draw with Fortaleza CEIF leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings16 Apr 2029

Jordan Ferrín beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Yerry Cuadrado's mistake
  • Squad The division's best last weekend was a Cortulua man
141 Edition

The Cortulua Post

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

The terraces9 Apr 2029

The mood at Cortulua has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Player ratings9 Apr 2029

Jordan Ferrín scores twice — 9.39

Two goals and a mark of 9.39 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad9 Apr 2029

Nicolas Torres breaks a bone — 55 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 55 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings9 Apr 2029

Vintage Gustavo Rangel — 8.52

At 37 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.52, and nobody on the pitch better.

Match7 Apr 2029

8 unbeaten for Cortulua

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Cortulua did not have in the autumn.

Market9 Apr 2029

Only the photograph left for Matías Vilalta

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matías Vilalta will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Cortulua the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad9 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Cortulua

Freddy Herrera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match7 Apr 2029

Cortulua see off Deportes Quindio

Three points for Cortulua, 3‑1 the final word against Deportes Quindio in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces9 Apr 2029

One of their own: Jordan Ferrín

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief