The Patriotas Chronicle
Market24 Jan 2028
Johan Campaña 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 The request is on a desk at Patriotas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Jan 2028
The wait goes on for Patriotas
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A one-man rearguard from Éder Chaux
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
Deyson Copete says Patriotas went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets24 Jan 2028
No thanks: Freddy Caicedo rejects the move
Patriotas had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cortulua, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market24 Jan 2028
As if he never left: Luca Nupieri returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Luca Nupieri is a Patriotas player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Luca Nupieri gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Luca Nupieri has just signed for Patriotas, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Patriotas
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.
Transfer targets24 Jan 2028
Door shut on Juan David Viáfara
Patriotas asked and Depor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad Deyson Copete in a row with a teammate
- Market One of our own: Mateo Diaz joins the Patriotas first team
- Market Patriotas promote Gabriel Duque from within