The Bogota Courier
Match17 Jun 2028
The wait goes on for Bogota
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Bogota
Diego Castillo 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.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Richard Ramirez gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Richard Ramirez has just signed for Bogota, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Words at Bogota training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan José Vásquez 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.
Match17 Jun 2028
Diego Castillo’s goal not enough for Bogota
Diego Castillo scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Jaguares, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad19 Jun 2028
No hiding place for José Caicedo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Caicedo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Bogota sign Richard Ramirez, one for the future
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Alejandro Aguilar
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Diego Castillo
- Boardroom The Bogota production line keeps running