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Edition
The Universitario Popayan Gazette
31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
Alfredo Ospina 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 Universitario Popayan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Leonardo Vargas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leonardo Vargas, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Diego Gonzalez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universitario Popayan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Alfredo Ospina keeps his manager's vote