David Mbazo'o

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
16 Mar 2031
Sunday
Process

Marked for David Mbazo'o

211 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

12 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Camilo Montero

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Alejandro Amaya 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.

Market

Only the photograph left for David Mbazo'o

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Mbazo'o will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around La Equidad the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Camilo 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 La Equidad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at La Equidad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luciano Acosta was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

La Equidad find a way past Deportivo Cali

Deportivo Cali made La Equidad work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Vitor Andrade signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vitor Andrade and La Equidad agree another 1 years.

Market

No place for Cristian Moya in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Cristian Moya has his answer from La Equidad; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Jhonier Salas

A mark of 7.96, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief

Back issues
206 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

8 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Felipe Valencia 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 The request is on a desk at La Equidad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Daniel Herrera signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel Herrera and La Equidad agree another 2 years.

Transfer targets

La Equidad make their move for Yojan Garcés

$490.0K on the table at America de Cali. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Tempers go at La Equidad

Daniel Herrera 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Yojan Garcés

La Equidad asked and America de Cali said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

La Equidad may not be able to give Odivan what he wants

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

Transfer targets

La Equidad baulk at the price for Daniel Rivera

Junior wanted more than $88.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Match

6 unbeaten for La Equidad

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation La Equidad did not have in the autumn.

Squad

A row about effort at La Equidad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kevin Barrios was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

199 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Marlon Carabali: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Words exchanged at La Equidad

Daniel 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.

Squad

Words at La Equidad training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jefferson Barrios 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.

Match

Jordan Ferrín’s goal not enough for La Equidad

Jordan Ferrín scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Deportes Tolima, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

Kevin Barrios 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.

Squad

David Mbazo'o wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and La Equidad know it.

The dugout

Gustavo Lemos 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.

The dugout

A promise honoured at La Equidad

Something was said to Camilo Hernandez and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

Player ratings

Jordan Ferrín runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief