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Edition
The Universitario Popayan Gazette
17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The small margins put Universitario Popayan out
Out, 0‑1 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Yerry Hurtado 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Manuel Restrepo
“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 Daniel Lopez signs a new deal
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Francisco Perez
- Player ratings The referee tires of Carlos Ospina
- Player ratings Hugo Medina runs at them all day