The Independiente Medellin Herald
Market25 Jan 2027
Daniel Cataño 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 The request is on a desk at Independiente Medellin, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Adrián Mosquera: 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.” Independiente Medellin have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market25 Jan 2027
Fernando Alarcón 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 Independiente Medellin can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Independiente Medellin
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Pablo Santos joins the Independiente Medellin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Santos 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
Independiente Medellin promote Edwin Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Edwin Martinez 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Atletico Bucaramanga take the points off Independiente Medellin
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Inquest at Independiente Medellin
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Sergio Cuadrado left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Stiven Palomeque
- The dugout Alexis Serna gets picked when it counts
- Player ratings Hayen Palacios was unplayable