The Alianza Petrolera Herald
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
A brace, and Ruyery Blanco takes the afternoon — 8.99
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ruyery Blanco provided it, and the 8.99 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad14 Jun 2027
7 saves: Cristian Arroyave was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
No thanks: Alejandro Piedrahita rejects the move
Alianza Petrolera had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Deportivo Pereira, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market14 Jun 2027
Dennis Mena asks to leave Alianza Petrolera
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Héctor Solano says Alianza Petrolera went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
Age has not caught Andrés Ibargüen yet — 8.27
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.27 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Frank Ruiz is a medical away from Alianza Petrolera
The deal with Once Caldas is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
Alianza Petrolera go back to the board over César Bravo
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $127.7K — a club that wants César Bravo enough to be asked twice.
Match12 Jun 2027
Alianza Petrolera find a way past Universitario Popayan
Universitario Popayan made Alianza Petrolera work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Player ratings The game went through Nicolás Roa — 6.87
- Market Oscar Sanchez steps up from the Alianza Petrolera academy
- Market Alianza Petrolera promote Alejandro Gomez from within