The Barranquilla Gazette
Match20 Jan 2029
Benjamín García settles it late for Barranquilla
The 89th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Benjamín García decided nobody was going anywhere. Bogota had no time left to answer.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Sebastián Guerra says Barranquilla went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match20 Jan 2029
8 unbeaten for Barranquilla
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Barranquilla did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
6 academy graduates step up at Barranquilla
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad22 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Barranquilla
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniel Castillo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces22 Jan 2029
One of their own: Joaquín Pereyra
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market22 Jan 2029
Sergio Hernandez steps up from the Barranquilla academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Hernandez 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Barranquilla promote Rafael Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafael Gonzalez 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Barranquilla promote Sergio Perez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Perez 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Freddy Valencia joins the Barranquilla first team
- Match Barranquilla get the job done against Bogota
- Squad Jesús Trindade is not the player he was