The Cortulua Post
Squad24 Jan 2028
The knee: Alejandro Raimondo out for 131 days
131 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Cortulua lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad24 Jan 2028
15 days out for James Rodriguez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Cortulua will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout24 Jan 2028
Juan Murillo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cortulua may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match22 Jan 2028
The drought breaks for Cortulua
11 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Jaguares were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Cortulua
Freddy Herrera 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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Cortulua
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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo Rangel 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.
Match22 Jan 2028
Edwin Torres the difference as Cortulua beat Jaguares
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Edwin Torres. 2‑0 against Jaguares, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Gustavo Medina joins the Cortulua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gustavo Medina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: James Ramirez joins the Cortulua first team
- Market Jorge Cuadrado steps up from the Cortulua academy
- Market Cortulua promote David Castillo from within