The Valledupar Post
Match12 Aug 2026
Valledupar out of the cup
Atletico Nacional ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sergio Palacios is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Sergio Palacios: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Flórez 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
No hiding place for Fernando Duque
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fernando Duque, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Valledupar lose Manuel Torres
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Octavio Zapata
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Francisco Barrios
- Player ratings The kick that got away from Miguel Diaz
- The terraces The press have found their man in Sergio Palacios