The Valledupar Post
Squad3 Aug 2026
Manuel Restrepo 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 Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Valledupar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Santos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Kevin Arias asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No place for César Mena in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Valledupar are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Valledupar
César Mena arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market3 Aug 2026
Octavio Zapata brings the grey hairs Valledupar lacked
At 37, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Squad Duvan Barrios handed the armband
- Market Mateo Muriel placed on the list