The Fortaleza CEIF Herald
Squad26 Apr 2027
Leonardo Barrios breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market26 Apr 2027
Sebastián Navarro wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Fortaleza CEIF
Andrés Arroyo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Fortaleza CEIF training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Santander 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.
Match24 Apr 2027
Deportivo Pasto take the points off Fortaleza CEIF
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Andrés Amaya 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 dugout26 Apr 2027
Victor Gomez: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
A promise honoured at Fortaleza CEIF
Something was said to Franco Pulicastro and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Franco Pulicastro 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 Franco Pulicastro is on it.
In brief
- Player ratings Jhonier Salas runs at them all day
- Looking ahead A reunion for Joan Cajares
- Market Juan Camilo Castillo placed on the list