The Universitario Popayan Gazette
Squad17 May 2027
Tempers go at Universitario Popayan
Agustín Echaide 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.
Boardroom17 May 2027
162% of the income goes out in wages at Universitario Popayan
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match15 May 2027
Valledupar take the points off Universitario Popayan
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 May 2027
Universitario Popayan count the cost of losing Brian Bacca
38 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad17 May 2027
No hiding place for Sebastián Bonilla
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Bonilla, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Nobody could get near Nicolas Medina
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Mateo Borja leaves them behind him
- Squad Lucas Mejía asks for a word with the manager