The Valledupar Post
Squad26 Apr 2027
Duvan Falcao damages knee ligaments — 51 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 51 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Gustavo Mejia runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market26 Apr 2027
Arthur Amaral asks to leave Valledupar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Valledupar
Miguel Castillo 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Ivan Sinisterra pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jose Cardona 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.
In brief
- Match Valledupar get the job done against Fortaleza CEIF
- Player ratings Ivan Sinisterra stands above it all
- Loan watch Manuel Medina wants to come home