The Atletico Nacional Courier
Market25 Jan 2027
Jorman Campuzano hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atletico Nacional can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Richardson Rivas, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.12
A mark of 8.12 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Gustavo Torres: 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.” Atletico Nacional have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Atletico Nacional
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.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
Atletico Nacional supporters have found a favourite in Richardson Rivas
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Richardson Rivas has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Johan Sanchez joins the Atletico Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Johan Sanchez 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
Atletico Nacional promote Richard Cordoba from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard Cordoba 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: James Medina joins the Atletico Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Medina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Atletico Nacional sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 52265 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
In brief
- Player ratings Alfredo Morelos runs at them all day
- Match Atletico Nacional and Deportivo Pasto take a point apiece
- The dugout The form table has caught Andrés Román