The Bolívar Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Dynamo Puerto punish Bolívar for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. William Arismendi will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Bolívar escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bolívar
Giovanni Dolgetta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Wilson Barrios was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jose Ferraresi steps up from the Bolívar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jose Ferraresi 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
One of our own: Roberto Arango joins the Bolívar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Arango is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bolívar promote Juan Rincon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Rincon 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Darwin Martinez steps up from the Bolívar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darwin Martinez 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yeferson Escudero
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yeferson Escudero, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Luis Quintero
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Bolívar will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Squad No place for Luis Álvarez in the new shape
- Match William Arismendi rescues a point for Bolívar
- The dugout The view from the dugout