From our football correspondent
Steady
Match21 Apr 2029
Aguilas Doradas made La Equidad work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad23 Apr 2029
A season average of 7.20 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Juan Perez 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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Yerry Cardona 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market23 Apr 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Apr 2029
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Apr 2029
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Richard Moreno , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Apr 2029
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market9 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Market9 Apr 2029
Juan Martinez has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Apr 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Mugni and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match7 Apr 2029
America de Cali left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Apr 2029
“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.
Market9 Apr 2029
The name of Gustavo Sanchez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Apr 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lucas Mugni commits to La Equidad for another 2 years.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Carlos Montero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The captaincy has been taken off Wesley Fonseca . La Equidad will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Luis Falcao
“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.
Match24 Mar 2029
0-1 to Santa Fe , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Mar 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Luis Falcao The manager makes an example of Luis Falcao
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Upbeat
Match17 Mar 2029
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Millonarios , and it could have been more.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Mar 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Market12 Mar 2029
Juan Martinez has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Mar 2029
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sebastián Guerra knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match10 Mar 2029
A 2-2 draw with Deportes Tolima leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Lucas Mugni 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad5 Mar 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Wesley Fonseca commits to La Equidad for another 2 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Carlos Montero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“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.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match21 Feb 2029
Jaguares are out and La Equidad go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad26 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Kevin Caicedo
“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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Every debut is a small story about the future: Juan David Lázaro , 22 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Yerry Cardona 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market26 Feb 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad19 Feb 2029
Lucas Mugni 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.
Match17 Feb 2029
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Somebody is after Lucas Mugni ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Lucas Mugni suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. La Equidad have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Feb 2029
The match ball belongs to Wesley Fonseca , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market12 Feb 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Sebastián Guerra : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Feb 2029
Juan Martinez has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match10 Feb 2029
Still nobody has beaten La Equidad
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match10 Feb 2029
A 3-1 win over Valledupar , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Feb 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Déinner Quiñónes and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match3 Feb 2029
Still nobody has beaten La Equidad
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match3 Feb 2029
Jaguares made La Equidad work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad5 Feb 2029
96 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Alfredo Palacios asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad5 Feb 2029
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market5 Feb 2029
Experience through the door at La Equidad
França arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
$455.7K a year onto the La Equidad books
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
Market5 Feb 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at La Equidad
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Miguel Sanchez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Jan 2029
6 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market29 Jan 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad29 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Kevin Caicedo
“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.
Match27 Jan 2029
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad29 Jan 2029
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. La Equidad have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market29 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Jan 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match20 Jan 2029
5 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market22 Jan 2029
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market22 Jan 2029
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market22 Jan 2029
The shirt still fits. Sergio Giraldo is back at La Equidad , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market22 Jan 2029
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“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.
Match20 Jan 2029
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Ronald Angulo 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Kevin Caicedo unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Kevin Caicedo has let it be known that he does not like the way La Equidad are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Crisis
Market15 Jan 2029
Juan Martinez has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad15 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 59 days on the sidelines for Wilmar Diaz , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“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.
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Crisis
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jefferson Murillo commits to La Equidad for another 5 years.
Squad8 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
“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.
Market8 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. La Equidad will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
$3.2M taken back off the La Equidad table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Yerry Cardona asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market8 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market8 Jan 2029
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what La Equidad could get for him.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A new face in his position, and Sebastián Guerra suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. La Equidad have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Crisis
Boardroom1 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the La Equidad boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market1 Jan 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Jan 2029
André attracts admirersThe name of André has come up in conversations La Equidad were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“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.
Market1 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. La Equidad will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Yerry Cardona 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market1 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Guerra keeps the shirt for now, at La Equidad 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The transfer that hurt Lucas Mugni most
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at La Equidad is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
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Uneasy
Market25 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Luis Riascos
“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.
Market25 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Sebastián Guerra asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market25 Dec 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Yéiner Orozco may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market25 Dec 2028
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Carlos Riascos moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Dec 2028
“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.
Squad18 Dec 2028
“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.
Market18 Dec 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Juan Martinez may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
André André says La Equidad went back on their word
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Uneasy
Market11 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Ronald Angulo
“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.
Market11 Dec 2028
Yéiner Orozco is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at La Equidad has been clear about where Yéiner Orozco stands, which is more than many ever get.
The terraces11 Dec 2028
The stands have heard the Gustavo Sanchez talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. La Equidad would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market11 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Dec 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom4 Dec 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at La Equidad
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market4 Dec 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Dec 2028
André signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” André commits to La Equidad for another 4 years.
Squad4 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Miranda
“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.
Market4 Dec 2028
Juan Martinez is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at La Equidad has been clear about where Juan Martinez stands, which is more than many ever get.
Boardroom4 Dec 2028
La Equidad pull $3.2M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market4 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Ronald Angulo asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad27 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Michael Martínez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Nov 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan David Lázaro commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Yerry Cardona 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Loan watch20 Nov 2028
12 starts and a season average of 6.47. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Nov 2028
Juan Perez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Miguel Sanchez and La Equidad agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Nov 2028
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Harrinson Mancilla , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Juan Perez Juan Perez: that is not what I was promised
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Uneasy
Boardroom6 Nov 2028
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Alfredo Palacios : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market6 Nov 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yéiner Orozco and La Equidad agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Nov 2028
La Equidad will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad6 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Martinez
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Oct 2028
“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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Gustavo Miranda asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market30 Oct 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Luis Riascos may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
Squad
André is out on the grass again
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Uneasy
Market23 Oct 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Oct 2028
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Oct 2028
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Oct 2028
59 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Edwin Hormaza
“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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Oct 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market9 Oct 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Equidad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match7 Oct 2028
4 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luis Falcao and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom9 Oct 2028
La Equidad still without a manager8 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Match7 Oct 2028
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Uneasy
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Market2 Oct 2028
Luis Riascos 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 La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luis Falcao commits to La Equidad for another 2 years.
Squad2 Oct 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sebastián Guerra knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Crisis
Market25 Sep 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Sebastián Guerra : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Sep 2028
A season average of 7.38 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Crisis
Market18 Sep 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what La Equidad can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
The medical room confirms 88 days on the sidelines for Harrinson Mancilla , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match16 Sep 2028
0-1 to Real Cartagena , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luquinhas commits to La Equidad for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match11 Sep 2028
33 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market11 Sep 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at La Equidad is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match9 Sep 2028
A 1-0 win over Deportivo Pereira , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Gustavo Miranda will call it something else in private.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Alfredo Palacios asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market11 Sep 2028
The name of Wesley Fonseca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Sep 2028
12 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Pressure builds in the La Equidad boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Juan Mina has until the next board meetingWhat was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at La Equidad can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market4 Sep 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Mugni and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch4 Sep 2028
“I did not go to Al Wasl to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 32 matches say the rest.
Match2 Sep 2028
0-1 to Patriotas , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Carlos Riascos
“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.
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Uneasy
Match26 Aug 2028
11 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Aug 2028
“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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A season average of 7.37 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Uneasy
Match19 Aug 2028
10 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market21 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 117 days on the sidelines for Harrinson Mancilla , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch21 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
Market21 Aug 2028
Madura United are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“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.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2028
9 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Aug 2028
La Equidad are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market14 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Edwin Hormaza : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match12 Aug 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A season average of 7.34 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market14 Aug 2028
The name of Wesley Fonseca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Antony Medrano asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match5 Aug 2028
8 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
Pressure builds in the La Equidad boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad7 Aug 2028
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market7 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Miranda
“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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Juan Perez left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Juan Perez will call it something else in private.
Match5 Aug 2028
A 1-1 draw with Deportivo Cali leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad7 Aug 2028
One booking too many, and Lucas Mugni sits out. La Equidad lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
La Equidad pull $3.2M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
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Crisis
Match29 Jul 2028
7 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Match29 Jul 2028
Beaten 2-4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“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.
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Uneasy
Match19 Jul 2028
Millonarios go through and La Equidad go home, 0-0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad24 Jul 2028
1 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.
Match22 Jul 2028
6 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Match22 Jul 2028
Atletico Nacional left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Wesley Fonseca
“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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan Martinez commits to La Equidad for another 1 years.
Loan watch24 Jul 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Jul 2028
The name of Jefferson Murillo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad17 Jul 2028
“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.
Match15 Jul 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Match15 Jul 2028
1-2 to Deportivo Pasto , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A season average of 7.32 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market17 Jul 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kevin Caicedo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at La Equidad .
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad10 Jul 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevin Caicedo commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“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.
Match8 Jul 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Atletico Bucaramanga defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Ronald Angulo asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad10 Jul 2028
At 25 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at La Equidad are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market10 Jul 2028
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Felipe Murillo leaves La Equidad the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Uneasy
Squad3 Jul 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Déinner Quiñónes and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market26 Jun 2028
The fee is $220.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Real Cartagena drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Loan watch26 Jun 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Match24 Jun 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Luis Riascos 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Wesley Fonseca keeps the shirt for now, at La Equidad 's convenience rather than his own.
Market26 Jun 2028
The name of Jefferson Murillo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Match17 Jun 2028
Three points for La Equidad , 1-0 the final word against Fortaleza CEIF in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad19 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Camilo Romero and La Equidad agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Jun 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market12 Jun 2028
The paperwork is done: Edwin Hormaza joins from Depor in a deal worth $260.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alfredo Palacios commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Match10 Jun 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Edwin Hormaza , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
“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.
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Upbeat
Squad29 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jefferson Murillo and La Equidad agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match27 May 2028
A 1-0 win over Santa Fe , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch29 May 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.
Squad29 May 2028
“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.
Squad29 May 2028
Keiner Estacio asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market29 May 2028
The name of Jefferson Murillo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad22 May 2028
“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 May 2028
Three points for La Equidad , 2-1 the final word against Millonarios in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad22 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” André and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad22 May 2028
“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.
Squad22 May 2028
5 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market22 May 2028
The name of Wesley Fonseca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Squad15 May 2028
“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.
Match13 May 2028
Deportes Tolima left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 May 2028
“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.
Yéiner Orozco Yéiner Orozco says La Equidad went back on their word
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Uneasy
Match3 May 2028
A 2-0 win over Envigado , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match8 May 2028
La Equidad are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 14 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad8 May 2028
“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.
Squad8 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gustavo Sanchez and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
“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.
Match6 May 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Uneasy
Match29 Apr 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 May 2028
“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.
Loan watch1 May 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.
Match29 Apr 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad1 May 2028
Juan Perez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market1 May 2028
The name of Jefferson Murillo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match22 Apr 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“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.
Loan watch24 Apr 2028
“I did not go to Al Wasl to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Match22 Apr 2028
A 1-1 draw with Patriotas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Juan Perez 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Apr 2028
The name of Wesley Fonseca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match15 Apr 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fernando Hurtado commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Match15 Apr 2028
1-2 to Aguilas Doradas , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Alfredo Palacios knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match10 Apr 2028
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match8 Apr 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Match8 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Juan Perez The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
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Crisis
Match1 Apr 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Match1 Apr 2028
Junior left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch3 Apr 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at La Equidad , and 4 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Lucas Mugni
“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.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Edwin Gonzalez commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Squad3 Apr 2028
La Equidad will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match25 Mar 2028
No end in sight to La Equidad 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at La Equidad has to find a result from somewhere.
Match25 Mar 2028
Deportivo Cali left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad27 Mar 2028
“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.
Loan watch27 Mar 2028
“I did not go to Al Wasl to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Market27 Mar 2028
The name of Wesley Fonseca keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad27 Mar 2028
At 36 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at La Equidad are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Steady
Squad20 Mar 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match18 Mar 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation La Equidad did not have in the autumn.
Squad20 Mar 2028
“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.
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Steady
Squad13 Mar 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Perez and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad6 Mar 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luis Falcao and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Miranda
“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.
Loan watch6 Mar 2028
“I did not go to Envigado to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Match4 Mar 2028
A 1-1 draw with Deportivo Pasto leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Luis Falcao finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. La Equidad have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Juan Perez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match23 Feb 2028
A 1-0 win over Aguilas Doradas , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad28 Feb 2028
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad28 Feb 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sebastián Chacón and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch28 Feb 2028
“I did not go to Al Wasl to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Feb 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Feb 2028
4 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Feb 2028
“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.
Match19 Feb 2028
A 1-1 draw with Alianza Petrolera leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Carlos Riascos 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Feb 2028
At 32 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at La Equidad are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Crisis
Squad14 Feb 2028
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match12 Feb 2028
Cortulua left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“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.
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Crisis
Squad7 Feb 2028
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” La Equidad have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Harrinson Mancilla commits to La Equidad for another 1 years.
Match5 Feb 2028
Fortaleza CEIF left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“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.
Loan watch7 Feb 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at La Equidad , and 2 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Lucas Mugni 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad31 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“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.
Lucas Mugni Lucas Mugni says La Equidad went back on their word
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Upbeat
Market24 Jan 2028
$8.9M from Fulham for Rafael Rangel . Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market24 Jan 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market24 Jan 2028
The shirt still fits. Pablo Ospina is back at La Equidad , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market24 Jan 2028
The shirt still fits. Sergio Medina is back at La Equidad , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad24 Jan 2028
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match22 Jan 2028
Three points for La Equidad , 1-0 the final word against Once Caldas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 Jan 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. La Equidad have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad24 Jan 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Keiner Estacio unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Keiner Estacio has let it be known that he does not like the way La Equidad are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Steady
Squad17 Jan 2028
Juan Perez is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.06 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. La Equidad know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Market17 Jan 2028
Fulham are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Fernando Hurtado asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Market10 Jan 2028
Oviedo come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. La Equidad have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Hurtado and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Juan Perez 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces10 Jan 2028
Supporters make their feelings known about Rafael Rangel
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. La Equidad would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
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Steady
Market3 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Martinez
“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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Juan Perez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Wesley Fonseca keeps the shirt for now, at La Equidad 's convenience rather than his own.
Market3 Jan 2028
The name of Jefferson Murillo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market27 Dec 2027
The name of Fernando Hurtado has come up in conversations La Equidad were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad27 Dec 2027
49 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad27 Dec 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Déinner Quiñónes and La Equidad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad27 Dec 2027
“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.
Market27 Dec 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Carlos Riascos has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at La Equidad .
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Steady
Market20 Dec 2027
The bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad20 Dec 2027
At 21, Juan Perez is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. La Equidad have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad20 Dec 2027
André signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” André commits to La Equidad for another 4 years.
Market20 Dec 2027
A conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Market13 Dec 2027
$6.5M from Flamengo for Andres Murillo . Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market13 Dec 2027
Flamengo come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market13 Dec 2027
Jose Duque has left for Cortulua in a $950.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market13 Dec 2027
The fee is $170.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Depor drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Luis Riascos , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastian Lopez
“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.
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Steady
Market6 Dec 2027
Godoy Cruz come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market6 Dec 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market6 Dec 2027
The name of Yerry Cardona has come up in conversations La Equidad were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market6 Dec 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. La Equidad will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Sergio Castillo
“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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Keiner Estacio asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad29 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
César Bravo asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market29 Nov 2027
La Equidad have made Juan Martinez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market22 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
At 21, Juan Perez is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. La Equidad have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
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Steady
Squad15 Nov 2027
Jose Duque 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad15 Nov 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at La Equidad that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad15 Nov 2027
International call for Luis Falcao
Luis Falcao joins up with his country. La Equidad lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Jose Duque Jose Duque knocks on the manager's door
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Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Jacobo Martínez
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Jose Duque asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Carlos Riascos asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Luquinhas Luquinhas says La Equidad went back on their word
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Steady
Market25 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Oct 2027
At 21, Juan Perez is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. La Equidad have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Yerry Cardona 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
“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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Keiner Estacio 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Wesley Fonseca has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Juan Perez The manager makes an example of Juan Perez
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Crisis
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gustavo Sanchez commits to La Equidad for another 4 years.
Match9 Oct 2027
Santa Fe left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of César Bravo
“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.
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Steady
Match2 Oct 2027
A 1-0 win over Millonarios , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of André
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Edwin Gonzalez , 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
André The manager makes an example of André
Squad4 Oct 2027
Sergio Castillo asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
La Equidad were not finished after allWritten off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.
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Crisis
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad27 Sep 2027
At 21, Juan Perez is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. La Equidad have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match25 Sep 2027
Deportes Tolima left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Upbeat
Match18 Sep 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation La Equidad did not have in the autumn.
Match18 Sep 2027
A 2-1 win over Deportivo Pasto , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad20 Sep 2027
7 goals and a season average of 7.34. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Jose Duque 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market20 Sep 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jose Duque may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Match11 Sep 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation La Equidad did not have in the autumn.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Huracán to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 38 matches say the rest.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Edwin Gonzalez commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Carlos Riascos
“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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Atletico Bucaramanga came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market13 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. La Equidad know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Match4 Sep 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation La Equidad did not have in the autumn.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Belgrano to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. La Equidad have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad6 Sep 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Alfredo Palacios knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Keiner Estacio
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
A 1-1 draw with Deportivo Pereira leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Steady
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Juan Perez is the real thing at 21A season average of 7.07 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. La Equidad know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
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Upbeat
Market23 Aug 2027
Mallorca come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yerry Cardona commits to La Equidad for another 4 years.
Match21 Aug 2027
Three points for La Equidad , 1-0 the final word against Aguilas Doradas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Rafael Rangel is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.35 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. La Equidad lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
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Steady
Market16 Aug 2027
Shakhter come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match14 Aug 2027
Junior made La Equidad work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Wesley Fonseca
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
6 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Huracán to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
Squad16 Aug 2027
One booking too many, and Luis Falcao sits out. La Equidad lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market16 Aug 2027
La Equidad have made Jose Duque available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Sebastian Lopez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. La Equidad say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carlos Riascos commits to La Equidad for another 2 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Rafael Rangel is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.25 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Kevin Caicedo Kevin Caicedo says La Equidad went back on their word
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Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
The match ball belongs to Wesley Fonseca , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Aug 2027
At 21, Juan Perez is already the best thing here
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. La Equidad have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Rafael Rangel unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Rafael Rangel has let it be known that he does not like the way La Equidad are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market26 Jul 2027
The paperwork is done: César Bravo joins from Barranquilla in a deal worth $68.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market26 Jul 2027
Barranquilla are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Nagoya Grampus to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan Martinez commits to La Equidad for another 2 years.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Javier Barrios 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 La Equidad , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match24 Jul 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Atletico Nacional came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market26 Jul 2027
The window shut and Javier Barrios is still in the building
La Equidad spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Crisis
Match17 Jul 2027
0-3 to Envigado , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market19 Jul 2027
The fee is $130.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Alianza Petrolera drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Romero
“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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Shakhter are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Huracán to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Juan Perez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
The bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market12 Jul 2027
The paperwork is done: Kevin Caicedo joins from Llaneros in a deal worth $1.1M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Leones are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. La Equidad will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sebastián Chacón and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match10 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Real Cartagena leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. La Equidad have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch5 Jul 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at La Equidad , and 7 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Match3 Jul 2027
Deportes Quindio made La Equidad work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market5 Jul 2027
Sebastián Chacón is 19, and La Equidad have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Carlos Riascos
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastian Lopez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at La Equidad .
Squad5 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Wesley Fonseca keeps the shirt for now, at La Equidad 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad5 Jul 2027
At 24 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. La Equidad have a decision that made itself.
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Crisis
Match26 Jun 2027
7 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match26 Jun 2027
Alianza Petrolera left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“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.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Nagoya Grampus to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevin Parra commits to La Equidad for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Once Caldas come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match19 Jun 2027
6 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $100.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Deportes Quindio drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $110.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Union Magdalena drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch21 Jun 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at La Equidad , and 0 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
Squad14 Jun 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“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.
Market14 Jun 2027
The bid was some way short and La Equidad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match12 Jun 2027
5 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jefferson Murillo and La Equidad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match12 Jun 2027
1-2 to Jaguares , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market14 Jun 2027
Javier Barrios is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at La Equidad has been clear about where Javier Barrios stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Javier Barrios
“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.
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Crisis
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Match5 Jun 2027
4 matches without a win for La Equidad
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around La Equidad are no longer polite ones.
Match5 Jun 2027
0-2 to Once Caldas , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Romero
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Juan Perez named player of the monthThe award goes to Juan Perez , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
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Crisis
Match29 May 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 May 2027
“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.
Loan watch31 May 2027
“I did not go to Nagoya Grampus to sit and watch. I want to come back to La Equidad and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.