The Barranquilla Gazette
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Javier Ortíz
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Marlon Carabali out for 65 days
The medical room confirms 65 days on the sidelines for Marlon Carabali, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market25 Jan 2027
Alejandro Bacca is a Barranquilla player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
Duvan Restrepo is a Barranquilla player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
Felipe Muriel is a Barranquilla player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Jan 2027
Daniel Moreno comes home
The shirt still fits. Daniel Moreno is back at Barranquilla, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
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
151% of the income goes out in wages at Barranquilla
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Sebastián Guerra 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.
In brief
- Match Barranquilla share the spoils with Tigres
- Squad Daniel Castillo is off the mark for Barranquilla
- Player ratings Off the pace: Cristian Peñate