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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Mauro Manotas

The month closes with Mauro Manotas out in front — 5 goals in 3 games, and Real Cartagena have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Mauro Manotas

Marked 8.64 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Real Cartagena have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Deportivo Cali

Jhon Aponza was marked 7.72 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Josen Escobar puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at America de Cali, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Ivan Hurtado leads the division for assists — 7.28

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Alianza Petrolera player marked 7.28, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Real Cartagena man

Mauro Manotas averaged 8.64 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Geovanni Banguera wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Francisco Fydriszewski keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 4 appearances for Independiente Medellin leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Nahuel Bustos keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 4 appearances for Santa Fe leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Andrés Carreño keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 4 appearances for Union Magdalena leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Still scoring: Jefferson Vargas

3 in 4 for Alianza Petrolera. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Alejandro Rodríguez told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alejandro Rodríguez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Deportivo Cali.

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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Nicolas Barrios

The month closes with Nicolas Barrios out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and La Equidad have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Carlos Montero

Marked 7.64 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. La Equidad have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Jhon Aponza is the month's best young player — 7.86

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.86 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Deportivo Cali player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Edwin Vargas asks to leave La Equidad

“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.

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Alianza Petrolera turn down CSKA Moscow for Duvan Sanchez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Jose Santos this month

2 assists, 8.42, and a La Equidad player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a La Equidad man

Jose Santos averaged 8.42 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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La Equidad may not be able to give Juan Dinenno what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Juan Dinenno wants continental football; whether La Equidad can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Only the photograph left for Marlon García

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marlon García will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around America de Cali the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Still scoring: Silvère Ganvoula

4 in 4 for America de Cali. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Tití Rodríguez makes the list

3 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Guillermo Paiva keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 4 appearances for Junior leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Jorge Obregón

The month closes with Jorge Obregón out in front — 3 goals in 2 games, and Jaguares have the division's most feared finisher.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Cortulua

Jesus Cuadrado was marked 7.27 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Hugo Giraldo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cortulua can pretend not to have heard.

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Cortulua turn down Burgos for Victor Cordoba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Nahuel Bustos this month

2 assists, 7.79, and a Santa Fe player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Santa Fe man

Franco Fagúndez averaged 8.84 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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La Equidad may not be able to give Wilmar Romero what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Wilmar Romero wants continental football; whether La Equidad can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Humberto Acevedo’s move to Deportivo Pereira falls through

The deal that would have taken Humberto Acevedo to Deportivo Pereira has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Union Magdalena with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

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Franco Fagúndez is right behind him

2 goals in 2 appearances for Santa Fe, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Guillermo Paiva is right behind him

2 goals in 2 appearances for Junior, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Felipe Cifuentes is right behind him

2 goals in 2 appearances for Once Caldas, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Carlos Montero up among the month's scorers

A productive month at La Equidad — 2 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Jersson González hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportes Tolima can pretend not to have heard.

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Patriotas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Junior may not be able to give Cristian Barrios what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Cristian Barrios wants continental football; whether Junior can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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1 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Geovanni Banguera asks to leave Deportivo Pasto

“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.

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Atletico Nacional may not be able to give Jorman Campuzano what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jorman Campuzano wants continental football; whether Atletico Nacional can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Edwin Vargas told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Edwin Vargas has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at La Equidad.

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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Sebastián Buitrago

The month closes with Sebastián Buitrago out in front — 3 goals in 2 games, and Atletico Nacional have the division's most feared finisher.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Atletico Nacional

Sebastián Buitrago was marked 7.69 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Edwin Vargas asks to leave La Equidad

“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.

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David Ospina leads the division for assists — 7.95

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Atletico Nacional player marked 7.95, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Élan Ricardo is the division's best-marked player — 9.09

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.09 across 2 matches for Deportes Tolima.

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Junior may not be able to give Jermein Peña what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jermein Peña wants continental football; whether Junior can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Tití Rodríguez up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Deportivo Cali — 2 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Jersson González makes the list

2 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Élan Ricardo is right behind him

2 goals in 2 appearances for Deportes Tolima, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Andrés Carreño keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 2 appearances for Union Magdalena leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo makes the team of the month — 7.53

Eleven names, chosen against everybody in the division who plays where they play. The Santa Fe man is one of them on 7.53 from 2 matches, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to argue with.

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Still no ink between Deportivo Pereira and Tobías Bovone

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Deportivo Pereira, another week without a signature from Tobías Bovone.

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1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Jeinner Fuentes tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Deportes Tolima.

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The month belonged to Élan Ricardo

Marked 8.14 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Deportes Tolima have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Deportes Tolima

Jeinner Fuentes was marked 7.96 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Juan Dinenno hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportivo Cali can pretend not to have heard.

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Alianza Petrolera turn down Brighton for Ivan Hurtado

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Éder Chaux this month

3 assists, 7.61, and a Independiente Medellin player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Élan Ricardo is the division's best-marked player — 8.14

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.14 across 4 matches for Deportes Tolima.

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Wilmar Romero wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Still scoring: Élan Ricardo

2 in 4 for Deportes Tolima. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Still scoring: Jose Hernandez

3 in 4 for Alianza Petrolera. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Jose Santos up among the month's scorers

A productive month at La Equidad — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Duvan Rodriguez makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Guillermo Paiva tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 4 appearances for Junior.

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The month belonged to César Haydar

Marked 7.75 across it, 2 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Atletico Nacional have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Jesus Cuadrado is the month's best young player — 7.35

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.35 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Cortulua player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Adrián Parra hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportes Tolima can pretend not to have heard.

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Deportivo Cali say no — this time

The offer from Mirandés for Juan Dinenno was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Nobody made more than Geovanni Banguera this month

3 assists, 7.00, and a Deportivo Pasto player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Santa Fe man

Víctor Moreno averaged 8.32 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Alejandro Rodríguez’s move to Al Ain falls through

The deal that would have taken Alejandro Rodríguez to Al Ain has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Deportivo Cali with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

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Geovanni Banguera wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Andrés Rentería makes the list

5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Cristian Arango is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Atletico Nacional, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Johan Martínez makes the list

5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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The Liga BetPlay Gazette

1 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Andrés Salazar hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aguilas Doradas can pretend not to have heard.

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Rafael Mejia wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Alianza Petrolera hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

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Juan Dinenno wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.