The Alianza Petrolera Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Pablo Lemos moves on
Tottenham pay $20.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
David Muriel runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luis Perez 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 Alianza Petrolera can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Carlos Borja stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Carlos Borja and Alianza Petrolera agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Alianza Petrolera
Carlos Borja 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Edwin Duque
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Edwin Duque, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rafael Rios attracts admirers
The name of Rafael Rios has come up in conversations Alianza Petrolera were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Vinícius Soares
Marked 8.28 — 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Herrera out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Alejandro Herrera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Alianza Petrolera and Santa Fe
- Player ratings Renato Mendes leaves them behind him
- Player ratings Off the pace: Andres Borja