The Deportes Quindio Sentinel
Squad18 Sep 2028
A row about effort at Deportes Quindio
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andrés Tello was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Words exchanged at Deportes Quindio
José Pérez 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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Deportes Quindio lose Francisco Murillo
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
Reiss Elliott-Parris 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.
The dugout18 Sep 2028
Fredy Valencia 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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Reiss Elliott-Parris: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Deportes Quindio will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes José Pérez a promise
- Market The shop window has Jaminson Sandoval in it