The Deportivo Pasto Chronicle
Match20 Sep 2027
Deportivo Pasto up to position 3
40 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
Felipe Ordoñez counts the days
“I watch every Deportivo Pasto game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Real Cartagena runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Lautaro Ayala falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
John Méndez knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and John Méndez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market20 Sep 2027
The Geovanni Banguera talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Deportivo Pasto know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market20 Sep 2027
Talks stall between Deportivo Pasto and Santiago Muñóz
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market20 Sep 2027
Esneyder Mena placed on the list
Deportivo Pasto have made Esneyder Mena available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
3 goals on loan for Juan Felipe Ruíz
7 appearances at Yenisey and the goals keep coming. Deportivo Pasto are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
The manager comes out for Santiago Jiménez
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Santiago Jiménez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Patrick Preciado
- Squad Ivan Duque is out on the grass again