The Union Magdalena Herald
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Union Magdalena
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Union Magdalena are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Union Magdalena
Lucas Martínez Quarta 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Brian Giraldo comes home
The shirt still fits. Brian Giraldo is back at Union Magdalena, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Jan 2027
As if he never left: Hugo Murillo returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Hugo Murillo is a Union Magdalena player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jefferson Rodriguez is a Union Magdalena player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
Mateo Cardona is a Union Magdalena player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match23 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Union Magdalena against Deportes Tolima
0‑2 to Deportes Tolima, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jhon Lerma gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“I want to play”: Lucas Martínez Quarta speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Gabriel Arrieta
- Squad Davi Barbosa makes his debut at 20
- Player ratings Andrés Carreño keeps on missing