The Cortulua Post
Squad24 Jan 2028
A fracture rules David Valencia out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Cortulua will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match22 Jan 2028
Cortulua make home a hard place to visit
15 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Diego Bacca signs on for the long haul
Cortulua moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Diego Bacca, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Cortulua
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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Léiner Escalante is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market24 Jan 2028
Carlos Romero steps up from the Cortulua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Romero 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
Jefferson Caicedo steps up from the Cortulua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jefferson Caicedo 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: David Palacios joins the Cortulua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Palacios is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Jan 2028
Sebastian Martinez steps up from the Cortulua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Cortulua let a promise lapse
- Squad Words exchanged at Cortulua
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Alfredo Montero