The Valledupar Post
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jesus Cordoba
91 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Valledupar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Jan 2027
David Herrera breaks a bone — 21 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Jan 2027
Arthur Amaral asks to leave Valledupar
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both of them Felipe Medina's — 8.20
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.20, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Miguel Castillo goes up and wins it — 7.75
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.75 for the rest of it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Juan Martinez 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 Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match23 Jan 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Valledupar and Depor in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match23 Jan 2027
Valledupar see off Depor
Three points for Valledupar, 4‑2 the final word against Depor in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Valledupar
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Gustavo Mejia
- Market Valledupar promote Camilo Quintero from within
- Market Kevin Restrepo steps up from the Valledupar academy