The Alianza Petrolera Herald
Match5 May 2027
Antony Medrano sends Alianza Petrolera through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Antony Medrano obliged against Independiente Medellin. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Alianza Petrolera.
Player ratings10 May 2027
A brace, and Gustavo Torres takes the afternoon — 8.84
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gustavo Torres provided it, and the 8.84 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 May 2027
Michael Barragán keeps Alianza Petrolera in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The dugout10 May 2027
Michael Barragán keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Alianza Petrolera may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad10 May 2027
Words exchanged at Alianza Petrolera
Santiago de Ossa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 May 2027
Kevin Cuesta 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.
Match8 May 2027
Gustavo Torres sends Alianza Petrolera past Depor
It finished 3‑1, and it was Gustavo Torres’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Alianza Petrolera.
The terraces10 May 2027
The crowd has taken to Samuel Asprilla
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout10 May 2027
Jhon Ibargüen 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
- Market Alejandro Castillo steps up from the Alianza Petrolera academy
- Player ratings One of those days for Antony Medrano
- The terraces A long trip to Independiente Medellin worth making