The Depor Courier
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
Nobody could get near Carlos Restrepo
Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match10 Jun 2028
Cruel end for Valledupar as Depor pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Depor scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
The terraces12 Jun 2028
The crowd has taken to Luciano Miño
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match10 Jun 2028
Depor get the job done against Valledupar
A 1‑0 win over Valledupar, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Jean Rentería 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Depor
Jaider Cortes 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Luciano Miño
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Aaron Potter wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Depor know it.
Player ratings12 Jun 2028
The afternoon belonged to Luciano Miño
A mark of 7.61, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Depor on Alex Nelson
- Market A long bet from Depor on Hamdan Ismail
- Boardroom Depor counting the cost