Universitario Popayan U18

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The Universitario Popayan Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Universitario Popayan

1‑2 against America de Cali, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Universitario Popayan

Jesus Montero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Sergio Bacca 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Wilmar Diaz 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 dugout17 Aug 2026

Wilmar Cardona answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The formation has left Diego Arrieta behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Universitario Popayan will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Jesus Montero does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A first senior shirt for Fabian Cordoba

Every debut is a small story about the future: Fabian Cordoba, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

When it matters, Miguel Santos plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

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2 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Jesus Montero signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jesus Montero and Universitario Popayan agree another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Jesus Montero was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Universitario Popayan beat the market to Brayan Marín from America de Cali

America de Cali will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Brayan Marín has pre-agreed a move to Universitario Popayan, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Fabian Cordoba 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

The formation has left David Valencia behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Universitario Popayan will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Jesus Montero 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Jesus Montero 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 Universitario Popayan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Palacios is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Jesus Montero 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 Jesus Montero trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief