The Bogota Courier
Squad18 Aug 2036
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nicolás Moreno
115 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bogota lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad18 Aug 2036
Jeremías Denis in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bogota this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market18 Aug 2036
Talks stall between Bogota and Hugo Hurtado
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout18 Aug 2036
Sebastian Arteaga has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bogota will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout18 Aug 2036
Felipe Hernandez is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout18 Aug 2036
Sergio Lopez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bogota, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Narek Movsisyan still has not settled
- Market Juan Montero has been watched
- Match Mid-table, and Bogota know it
- The dugout Ivan Quintero keeps his manager's vote