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January 22nd, 2009

U-20 Update

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The South American Under-20 tournament has started and last night Colombia beat Perú 1-0. The team is a long way from its full potential but the good thing is that it starts with 3 points in its pocket. Cruzeiro’s Reina showed glimpses of his brilliance and hopefully the boys can show a more organized performance [...]



January 22nd, 2009

Domestic Transfer Breakdown (II)

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We continue into the Colombian League transfer series this time with the teams from the Pacific region:
Defending Champions America has beeing going trough a forceful revamp due to the severe economic turmoil that the team is in. Nonetheless, the sale of Pablo Armero to Palmeiras left them with some cash that they are spending carefully. [...]

January 17th, 2009

Domestic Transfers Breakdown (I)

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Let’s take a look at the most important signings and departures at the FPC.
The Bogotá teams have adopted a policy of keeping most of their present squad with a few minor touches. Santa Fe brought Chilean Julio Gutierrez of Universidad Catolica, a total question mark, to replace the exit of Cesar Valoyes who went [...]

January 15th, 2009

I knew this would happen

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After I made my rank of transfers (I’ll go on a deep breakout of the Colombian domestic transfers later on) I knew I was going to forget a big move:
Pablo Armero to Palmeiras.
A great one: a Brazilian-style left-back to a Brazilian team. He will fit right in like fish in the water.
As for the [...]

January 15th, 2009

Talk about uses for the V-Pill!

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If you tought the uses for the revolutionary blue little pill were just… well, Duh! it seems to be that you’re now mistaken because acording to Gremio’s doctor, Viagra could be useful for his team on its upcoming Copa Libertadores away fixture against Boyaca Chicó, as a counter-measure against the effects of altitude. (Link in [...]



January 14th, 2009

Top 5 Colombian Transfers Abroad

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So far, at least:
On 5h place Danilson Cordoba (the one on the left) to Consadole Sapporo of the J-League. The Japanese league does not get much coverage from the spanish-speaking media in general so it was hard for me to find out about this one. Danilson Cordoba is a strong, tall, physically-oriented attacking midfielder who [...]




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