The Atletico Bucaramanga Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Emerson Batalla was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Luciano Pons, 36, rolls back the years — 7.82
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.82 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Gleyfer Medina would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Gleyfer Medina is living that version at Atletico Bucaramanga, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atletico Bucaramanga may not be able to give Leonardo Flores what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Leonardo Flores wants continental football; whether Atletico Bucaramanga can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Emerson Batalla signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emerson Batalla and Atletico Bucaramanga agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
As if he never left: Gleyfer Medina returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Gleyfer Medina is a Atletico Bucaramanga player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fabian Torres steps up from the Atletico Bucaramanga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabian Torres 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atletico Bucaramanga promote Daniel Martinez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Atletico Bucaramanga find a way past Millonarios
Millonarios made Atletico Bucaramanga work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Atletico Bucaramanga
- Squad The formation has left Julián Guevara behind
- The dugout The view from the dugout