Brian Duque

Central Defender - La Equidad U18
5 Dec 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Brian Duque

18 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Breiner Paz says La Equidad 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.

Squad

Tempers go at La Equidad

Sebastian Bacca 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.

Market

Hugo Cardona has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether La Equidad can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad

A row about effort at La Equidad

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

The dugout

Richard Vargas keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Richard Vargas plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

Squad

Good reports on Hugo Cardona

The word out of the training ground is that he has been the sharpest man there all week. It is the quietest story a paper carries and it usually runs the week before somebody's run in the side begins.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at La Equidad

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

Squad

Gustavo Vargas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gustavo Vargas and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ivan Montero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivan Montero, and the manager let it.

Squad

Gustavo Vargas is a square peg at La Equidad

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Squad

A row about effort at La Equidad

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

The dugout

Ivan Montero gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ivan Montero is on it.

Market

The Mateo Rodriguez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

La Equidad pick up Gustavo Vargas for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Gustavo Vargas arrives at La Equidad with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

The dugout

Miguel Mina 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

10 Edition

The La Equidad Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Santiago Hernandez keeps La Equidad in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

5 matches without a win for La Equidad

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at La Equidad

Sebastian Bacca 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.

Player ratings

Hugo Cardona was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Cristian Correa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Cristian Correa and La Equidad agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Independiente Medellin take the points off La Equidad

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Nicolas Borja answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

Brian Duque 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 dugout

No hiding place for Alfredo Zapata

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alfredo Zapata, and the manager let it.

In brief