The Universitario Popayan Gazette
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Universitario Popayan out
Out, 1‑3 to America de Cali, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 12 of the 31 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Edwin Hernandez at 21 — 7.69
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Edwin Hernandez did not need any: 7.69, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A first appearance Carlos Falcao will want to forget — 4.85
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 4.85, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Universitario Popayan
Mateo Perez 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Juan Quintero
“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
- Squad Hugo Murillo falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Oscar Hernandez signs a new deal
- Player ratings Nobody could get near David Ospina
- Player ratings Santiago Cordoba never got going