The Atletico Nacional Courier
Player ratings22 Jan 2029
Yéicar Perlaza runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 46. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match20 Jan 2029
9 matches without a win for Atletico Nacional
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Atletico Nacional are no longer polite ones.
Market22 Jan 2029
Jhon Balanta 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 The request is on a desk at Atletico Nacional, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Jhon Balanta keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Atletico Nacional may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Atletico Nacional
Samuel Velásquez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Atletico Nacional
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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Atletico Nacional promote Diego Uribe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Uribe 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Duvan Herrera joins the Atletico Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duvan Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Jan 2029
Gabriel Rangel steps up from the Atletico Nacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Rangel 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.
In brief
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Andrés Arroyo has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Simón García asks for a word with the manager