David Mina

Right Forward - Cortulua U20
2 Feb 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for David Mina

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The Cortulua Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

The mood at Cortulua has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Match

Cortulua sink to position 18

29 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Cortulua

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Francisco Rodriguez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cortulua, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

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Squad

A falling-out at Cortulua

Camilo Hurtado and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Porras 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.

The dugout

Wilmar Lemos knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Wilmar Lemos trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Richard Santos linked with a move away

The name of Richard Santos keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cortulua say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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The Cortulua Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Mateo Romero keeps Cortulua in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 15 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Jhonny Meza breaks a bone — 78 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 78 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Nicolas Cuadrado puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cortulua, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

Camilo Cordoba: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cortulua have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom

5 academy graduates step up at Cortulua

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Squad

Tempers go at Cortulua

Mateo Romero 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.

Match

Cortulua come up short against Jaguares

Jaguares left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

One of our own: Juan Uribe joins the Cortulua first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Uribe is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: David Mina joins the Cortulua first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Mina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief