The Bogota Courier
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Bogota
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match23 Jan 2027
Cristian Rivas’s goal not enough for Bogota
Cristian Rivas scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Valledupar, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mauricio Medina in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bogota this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market25 Jan 2027
Kevin Rios steps up from the Bogota academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Rios 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Camilo Murillo joins the Bogota first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Camilo Murillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Nicolas Ramirez joins the Bogota first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Cristián Mosquera runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑3 Fernando Vargas left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Bogota
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jafé Pérez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Bogota
- The dugout Kevin Castro does not fit this one
- Squad José Caicedo speaks, and the room listens