The Alianza Petrolera Herald
Match23 Jan 2027
Whatever happens, Alianza Petrolera do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Hector Garcia shuts the door
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market25 Jan 2027
Alejandro Murillo comes home
The shirt still fits. Alejandro Murillo is back at Alianza Petrolera, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Jan 2027
Sergio Martinez is a Alianza Petrolera player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
As if he never left: Brian Mejia returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Brian Mejia is a Alianza Petrolera player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market25 Jan 2027
Wilmar Diaz is a Alianza Petrolera player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Hector Garcia 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 Alianza Petrolera this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Felipe Herrera
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
A defender's afternoon for Jefferson Duque
Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Loan watch Diego Gil wants to come home
- Squad Jefferson Duque knocks on the manager’s door
- Match Point won or two lost for Alianza Petrolera?