The Valledupar Post
The terraces29 Nov 2027
Supporters organise against the Valledupar board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market29 Nov 2027
David Ospina asks to leave Valledupar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A row about effort at Valledupar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fábio Alves was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Jose Rangel knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jose Rangel trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Ivan Quintero 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 Ivan Quintero is on it.
Market29 Nov 2027
The shop window has Ivan Quintero in it
Valledupar have let the market know Ivan Quintero can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Squad Andres Lemos is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager comes out for Hector Cuadrado
- Squad Welcome back, DeAndre Moore