The Cortulua Post
Squad25 Jan 2027
10 saves: Santiago Beltrán was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market25 Jan 2027
Carlos Alberto Marino 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 The request is on a desk at Cortulua, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market25 Jan 2027
Cortulua turn down Asteras for Carlos Alberto Marino
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match23 Jan 2027
Cortulua leaking at the back
5 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Antonio Ortiz beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Cortulua
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Cortulua
Jose Ospina and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match23 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Cortulua against Jaguares
1‑2 to Jaguares, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Yilber Aponzá pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ivan Herrera joins the Cortulua first team
- Market Diego Gonzalez steps up from the Cortulua academy
- Player ratings Both jobs done by Jose Ospina — 7.34