The Atletico Nacional Courier
Squad24 Jan 2028
The knee: Roberto Alvarado out for 72 days
72 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Atletico Nacional lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Diego Montero beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 41. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad24 Jan 2028
32 days out for Leonardo Castro after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Atletico Nacional will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market24 Jan 2028
Juan Pablo Torres hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atletico Nacional can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Age has not caught Leandro Paredes yet — 8.15
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.15 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
Elkin Rivero says Atletico Nacional went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
William Tesillo frozen out at Atletico Nacional
This is not rotation. William Tesillo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Atletico Nacional is pretending otherwise.
Match22 Jan 2028
The run at home goes on for Atletico Nacional
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Diego Montero 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 Atletico Nacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Boardroom 6 academy players handed senior numbers at Atletico Nacional
- Market One of our own: David Herrera joins the Atletico Nacional first team
- Market One of our own: Sergio Restrepo joins the Atletico Nacional first team