Ivan Quintero

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Bogota
31 Aug 2036
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ivan Quintero

525 Edition

The Bogota Courier

18 Aug 2036
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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 dugout

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 dugout

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 dugout

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

Back issues
503 Edition

The Bogota Courier

17 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Sebastian Arteaga runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A falling-out at Bogota

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

Match

Bogota find a way past Universitario Popayan

Universitario Popayan made Bogota work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Erick Zapata was the difference for Bogota

Marked 7.84. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Interim Coach has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Interim Coach on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Juan Montero 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.

The dugout

Duvan Rios 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.

The dugout

When it matters, Sebastian Arteaga plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

Juan Montero linked with a move away

The name of Juan Montero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Bogota say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief