The Independiente Medellin Herald
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Age has not caught Daniel Londoño yet — 7.92
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Salvador Ichazo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Salvador Ichazo commits to Independiente Medellin for another 2 years.
The terraces4 Sep 2028
Independiente Medellin supporters have found a favourite in Juan Manuel Viveros
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Juan Manuel Viveros has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match2 Sep 2028
Halam Loboa sends Independiente Medellin past Atletico Nacional
It finished 2‑0, and it was Halam Loboa’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Independiente Medellin.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Independiente Medellin count the cost of losing David Borja
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Ninety minutes of Halam Loboa at his very best
Marked 8.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Independiente Medellin.
The dugout4 Sep 2028
Joaquín Varela 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.
Market4 Sep 2028
Independiente Medellin may not be able to give Alejandro Lopera what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Alejandro Lopera wants continental football; whether Independiente Medellin can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Luis Sandoval falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Francisco Chaverra named in the team of the month
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout When it matters, Cuyano plays