The Barranquilla Gazette
Squad17 Sep 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Carlos Durán
36 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Barranquilla lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Sep 2029
Brian Ramirez 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.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Jhon Navia was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
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Squad17 Sep 2029
A falling-out at Barranquilla
José Luis Caicedo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Sep 2029
Barranquilla supporters have found a favourite in Jordan Barrera
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jordan Barrera has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout17 Sep 2029
The manager makes an example of Brian Ramirez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Jordan Barrera in the eights
A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words at Barranquilla training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Quevedo 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.
In brief
- Match Jordan Barrera rescues a point for Barranquilla
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Camilo Muriel on the draw
- The dugout Daniel Castillo asks for a word with the manager