The Junior Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mauro Silveira stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mauro Silveira and Junior agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luis Muriel 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 Junior this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jermein Peña has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Junior can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Match8 Aug 2026
Luis Muriel the difference as Junior beat America de Cali
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luis Muriel. 2‑0 against America de Cali, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Mauro Silveira gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ivan Gonzalez steps up from the Junior academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Gonzalez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Wilmar Gomez joins the Junior first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wilmar Gomez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Junior promote Victor Sanchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Victor Sanchez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Guillermo Paiva
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings José Enamorado was the difference for Junior
- The dugout Francisco Caicedo has his say
- Player ratings Jannenson Sarmiento ran the game