Casual posts
South American Euros
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In this day of the official birth of the south american union I’ll take the occasion to make the list of (confirmed or potential) representatives of this continent at the Euros, the flaghip tournament of the bloc that the UNASUR wants to model itself after. So far we have…
Croatia: (Mention of Honor) [...]
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Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Casual posts, Colombia, Deco, Euro 2008, Europe, France, Germany, Kuranyi, Netherlands, Pepe, Poland, Portugal, Senna, South America, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Unasur10 Guys YOU could end up cheering for
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Regardless of how slow or fast this process is, Colombia has become an exporting market in the world of football so here is a list of Colombian players whom after what they have showed this season, might as well end up at a stadium near you. Some of these videos are not too specific about [...]
Category: Casual postsPicture of the Day: The yellow-haired guardian
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Outside of his native Santa Marta’s Eduardo Santos Stadium, the statue of former MLS and Colombian National Team Superstar Carlos Valderrama shines whith its bronze yellow hair. The picture is rather old as the statue was actually washed today, by none other than Valderrama himself on a fireman’s truck. (I wish I had that picture, [...]
Category: Casual postsColombian Guide to Nicknames (III)
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Did you think I forgot about this? No way. It’s just that I finally have some time to complete it. So here’s what you’ve been waiting for.
Envigado F.C.
Known as “Los Naranjas” they were the first team ever to be promoted from the second division. Orange is the color of their kits but I have the [...]
Category: Casual postsIn Colombia, Cup upsets are no big deal
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The novelty of this season is the Copa Colombia: our very own, tropically-mixed version of the Euro cup competitions such as the Copa del Rey or the FA Cup thus featuring teams of the two professional divisions of the Colombian game. And alike its european counterparts, on the first round of the Copa Colombia [...]
Category: Casual postsRest of the World, meet the U-20 rule.
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Colombia has an almost unique rule (”almost”, because the Mexicans have already copied it) for it’s league which mandates that every team has to start with a national player born after 1988 and that another one has to be on the bench to increase the number of substitutes to 5. To some this may sound [...]
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