The Barranquilla Gazette
Market25 Jan 2027
Cristian Peñate hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Barranquilla can pretend not to have heard.
Market25 Jan 2027
Obod come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Barranquilla did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Barranquilla
Marlon Carabali 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Barranquilla
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.
Match23 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Barranquilla against Tigres
1‑3 to Tigres, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market25 Jan 2027
Barranquilla promote Nicolas Falcao from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolas Falcao 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Barranquilla promote Mateo Barrios from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Barrios 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Yesid García 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Barranquilla turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Castillo dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Javier Ortíz runs at them all day
- Squad Marlon Carabali finally opens his account