The Patriotas Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Kevin Álvarez, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.87
A mark of 7.87 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Patriotas
Brayan Fernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Patriotas beat the market to Deimer Longas from Independiente Medellin
Independiente Medellin will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Deimer Longas has pre-agreed a move to Patriotas, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Johan Campaña
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Sebastián Moreno
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Freddy Restrepo steps up from the Patriotas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Freddy Restrepo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kevin Garcia joins the Patriotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Garcia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patriotas promote Diego Duque from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Duque 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sebastian Uribe joins the Patriotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sebastian Uribe is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Patriotas find a way past Deportivo Cali
- Squad Francisco Rodríguez is a square peg at Patriotas
- Squad 12 new faces, and Patriotas are still learning each other