The name of Yerry Medina has come up in conversations Universitario Popayan were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Javier Cordoba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yerry Medina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Hugo Cardona after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
The dugoutLuis Ramirez dropped after a run of poor form
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Universitario Popayan can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Javier Cordoba and Universitario Popayan agree another 4 years.
Javier Cordoba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alfredo Mejia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Javier Cordoba wants continental football; whether Universitario Popayan can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Felipe Rodríguez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Javier Cordoba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.