The Atletico Nacional Courier
Match23 Feb 2028
Cup progress for Atletico Nacional
A 2‑0 win over Barranquilla, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Yéicar Perlaza runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Gabriel Ramirez, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.21
A mark of 8.21 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market28 Feb 2028
Atletico Nacional may not be able to give Jesus Rios what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jesus Rios wants continental football; whether Atletico Nacional can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Atletico Nacional
William Tesillo 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.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Kilian Toscano was immovable
22 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
A masterclass from Neider Parra
Marked 9.44 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad28 Feb 2028
David Ospina 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.
The terraces28 Feb 2028
Atletico Nacional supporters have found a favourite in Andy Batioja
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Andy Batioja has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Squad Juan Pablo Torres gets it from the manager
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Atletico Nacional
- Match Honours even between Atletico Nacional and America de Cali