The Patriotas Chronicle
Squad9 Jul 2029
A one-man rearguard from Andrés Macea
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market9 Jul 2029
Darwin Palomeque hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Patriotas can pretend not to have heard.
Market9 Jul 2029
Deportes Quindio come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Patriotas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match7 Jul 2029
No end in sight to Patriotas's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Patriotas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Brayan Fernández signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brayan Fernández and Patriotas agree another 2 years.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Brayan Fernández 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 Patriotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Words at Patriotas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Álvarez 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.
Player ratings9 Jul 2029
Nothing got past Bladimir Angulo
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings9 Jul 2029
Carlos Copete runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Andrés Alarcón
- Player ratings Erik Bodencer leaves them behind him
- Match No goals between Patriotas and Atletico Bucaramanga