The Deportivo Cali Chronicle
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mateo Puerta damages knee ligaments — 38 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Alexis Manyoma: 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.” Deportivo Cali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Deportivo Cali
Ángelo Rodríguez 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Deportivo Cali
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: Daniel Perez joins the Deportivo Cali first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Perez 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
Gabriel Ospina steps up from the Deportivo Cali academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Ospina 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Deportivo Cali promote Gustavo Rangel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Rangel 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Juan Torres joins the Deportivo Cali first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Torres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match23 Jan 2027
Deportivo Cali find a way past Deportivo Pereira
Deportivo Pereira made Deportivo Cali work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Emanuel Reynoso
- Squad Words at Deportivo Cali training over how hard people work
- The dugout Jefferson Palacios: “That is the standard”