The Real Santander Post
Squad24 Mar 2031
Real Santander count the cost of losing Nicolas Gonzalez
58 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match22 Mar 2031
Barranquilla take the points off Real Santander
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Mar 2031
100 appearances for Wilmer Bustamante
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Squad24 Mar 2031
Brian Murillo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brian Murillo commits to Real Santander for another 3 years.
The dugout24 Mar 2031
Charles Hawkins faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Charles Hawkins after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad24 Mar 2031
Words exchanged at Real Santander
Yeifer Herrera 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.
The dugout24 Mar 2031
Jorge Pérez 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.
Player ratings24 Mar 2031
Cristian Caicedo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 12. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout24 Mar 2031
No place in the plan for Rafael Compri
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- The dugout Rafael Gonzalez knocks on the manager's door
- Market The clock does Aarón Astudillo’s negotiating for him
- Boardroom The Real Santander academy earns its keep