Ivan Arias

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Process

Marked for Ivan Arias

71 Edition

The America de Cali Sentinel

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Rafael Gonzalez damages knee ligaments — 27 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Samuel Bermúdez breaks a bone — 24 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 24 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Nicolás Soto 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 The request is on a desk at America de Cali, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

An offer of $49.0K for Jesús Peñaloza

America de Cali have gone to Union Magdalena with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

America de Cali rebuffed over Jesús Peñaloza

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Union Magdalena have kept their man, and America de Cali go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Omar Bertel told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Omar Bertel has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at America de Cali.

Market

Eyes on Dominic Hernández again

The phone has started ringing about Dominic Hernández again, and this time the name on the line is Leones. America de Cali are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Ivan Arias out for 23 days

The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for Ivan Arias, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

A row about effort at America de Cali

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joider Micolta was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

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64 Edition

The America de Cali Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Valentín Depietri beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 36. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Yeison Moreno keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” America de Cali may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words at America de Cali training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luis Quiñones 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.

Market

America de Cali promote Camilo Giraldo from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Camilo Giraldo 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.

Market

Rafael Borja steps up from the America de Cali academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Borja 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.

Market

America de Cali promote Ivan Arias from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Arias 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.

Market

One of our own: Daniel Caicedo joins the America de Cali first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Caicedo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match

Late, late show earns America de Cali a point

Minute 91, against Santa Fe, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

The dugout

Marlon Torres 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.

In brief