The Cortulua Post
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both of them Oscar Gomez's — 9.47
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.47, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match23 Jan 2027
7 unbeaten for Cortulua
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Cortulua did not have in the autumn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Cortulua
Luis Zapata 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Cortulua
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Fernando Álvarez 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Cortulua see off Jaguares
Three points for Cortulua, 2‑0 the final word against Jaguares in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Manuel Valencia
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Mateo Muriel joins the Cortulua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateo Muriel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Diego Santos joins the Cortulua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Santos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Daniel Caicedo steps up from the Cortulua academy
- Market Cortulua promote Leonardo Diaz from within
- Loan watch Santiago Hernandez wants to come home