The Valledupar Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Javier Perez
53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Valledupar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Up for the corner, and Emiliano Millamán delivers — 7.06
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Emiliano Millamán scored, was marked 7.06, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
The Valledupar board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Valledupar
Felipe Cardona 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Valledupar and Fortaleza CEIF in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match6 Feb 2027
Emiliano Millamán’s goal not enough for Valledupar
Emiliano Millamán scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑4 to Fortaleza CEIF, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andres Vargas 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Felipe Cardona told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Felipe Cardona has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Valledupar.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Freddy Ospina
“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.
In brief
- Loan watch Jose Duque has seen enough of Fortaleza CEIF
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Alexander Acosta
- Player ratings David Santos runs at them all day