Daniel Lemos

Left Forward - Barranquilla U18
1 Jul 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Daniel Lemos

135 Edition

The Barranquilla Gazette

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Sebastián Guerra decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Cup progress for Barranquilla

A 1‑1 win over Junior, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Daniel Lemos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Barranquilla, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A row about effort at Barranquilla

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Howell Mena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tempers go at Barranquilla

Sebastián Borja 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.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Xavi Ríos

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout

Juan Diego Verdeza frozen out at Barranquilla

This is not rotation. Juan Diego Verdeza has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Barranquilla is pretending otherwise.

Match

Daniel Castillo the difference as Barranquilla beat Deportivo Pasto

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Daniel Castillo. 1‑0 against Deportivo Pasto, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout

No hiding place for Sebastián Caballero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Caballero, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
134 Edition

The Barranquilla Gazette

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Xavi Ríos

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Sebastián Caballero has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Barranquilla they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout

Yeferson Moreno frozen out at Barranquilla

This is not rotation. Yeferson Moreno has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Barranquilla is pretending otherwise.

Market

Vicente Torres puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Barranquilla, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A row about effort at Barranquilla

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Howell Mena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

A falling-out at Barranquilla

José Luis Melo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

A bad afternoon for Barranquilla against Valledupar

0‑1 to Valledupar, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Oscar Uribe to a room that had heard them before.

Squad

Daniel Lemos signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel Lemos and Barranquilla agree another 3 years.

In brief