The La Equidad Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Harold Gómez
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. La Equidad lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match23 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for La Equidad
8 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at La Equidad
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Felipe Parra 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jefferson Arias steps up from the La Equidad academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jefferson Arias has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Victor Caicedo joins the La Equidad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Caicedo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Jesus Perez joins the La Equidad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jesus Perez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
La Equidad promote Jorge Sanchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Sanchez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Ninety minutes of Kevin Salazar at his very best
Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at La Equidad.
In brief
- Match Kevin Salazar answers Junior immediately
- Squad Too much change too quickly at La Equidad
- Squad Aldair Arnedo dropped after a run of poor form