The Atletico Nacional Courier
Market24 Jan 2028
Atletico Nacional may not be able to give Luis Marquínez what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Luis Marquínez wants continental football; whether Atletico Nacional can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad24 Jan 2028
William Tesillo 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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Atletico Nacional
5 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Nuno Santos falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match22 Jan 2028
Atletico Nacional make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Player ratings24 Jan 2028
Nobody could get near Eduard Bello
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Jan 2028
Atletico Nacional promote Ivan Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Martinez 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
Atletico Nacional promote Oscar Borja from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oscar Borja 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Fernando Rodriguez joins the Atletico Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Rodriguez 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 Atletico Nacional see off Deportivo Pasto
- Player ratings Nuno Santos in the eights
- Boardroom Atletico Nacional board go back on their word