Fútbol Profesional Colombiano News
Be back in a month
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Take care, will ya? I know this blog has been down for quite some time already, but I am going trough a relocation process: I moved back to Bogotá but my computer is still in Barranquilla. So I can’t post at large unless is from my home computer. But I promise that by the first [...]
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Slip (Argentina) and Slide (Brazil)
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To the average North American and European fan, South American soccer is little more beyond what these two giants have to offer and the most arrogant ones quickly dismiss the rest of us as if we were talking about the minions of Oceania or the tiny islands of the Caribbean. And they might be right [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsRed Devils poised for title… Yes, in Colombia too.
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America de Cali’s fast-flowing, dominant football is tearing defenses apart and many of its individuals such as Armero, Arango and Ivan Velez are staking a claim to wear the yellow jersey of the NT. Too bad it won’t happen for the next two qualifiers games.
America’s safety on goal lies upon the hands of [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsCardinal Fallout begins?
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After Santa Fe’s last weekend 0-1 home loss against La Equidad, the Cardinal’s 7th star seems to fade away all over again. Santa Fe’s dead last in its group after 2 losses. And who’s to blame? The finger points a the usual suspect: the coach. But in this case, I feel is more than [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsThe Power of 8: Group B.
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Boyacá Chicó F.C.
City: Tunja
Regular season position: 2
Titles: 0
Best Players: Miguel Caneo, Victor Pacheco, Marcos Pérez
Strengths: Surprise of the season. After the financial semi-crisis when Pacheco traveled for a trial over in Canadá (not exactly next door), this team got back together and turned around the season in style kicking some major behind. It’s been so [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsThis is it, folks. The power of 8 (1)
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Equidad, Santa Fe, Envigado and América in group A; Boyacá Chicó, MedellÃn, Cali and QuindÃo in group B. Those are the 8 teams that in the next weeks will produce two finalists that in turn will square off for this semester’s championship star. Behind were left big sides like Nacional, Millonarios and Junior and it [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsFPC Roundup: Ditto.
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Remember last week’s post? Well, the traffic jam’s still on. It just has different names, and a team like the two-time defending champion, Atletico Nacional, that is remarkably higher on the standing that two matches ago. The greens, because of what they were showing on the field, were candidates for certain elimination, but now, thanks [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsFPC Roundup: Traffic jam at 8th and 9th
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Ambassadors aside, this was another great matchday for Bogotá as the Insurance Sellers of La Equidad got a home win against Bucaramanga which allowed them so secure their place alongside Santa Fe in the final 8 of the Colombian League. The Cardinals themselves also had the joy of pretty much crushing the hopes and dreams [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsPinto slams gays in football
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According to this article, the Colombian NT coach has echoed recent statements by Juventus former sporting director Lucciano Moggi in saying that “In football, there is no space for gays”. In Pinto’s words (which i’m translating) he sayed that “They just don’t fit in. For attidude, behavior, demands and respect, they don’t. I think that [...]
Category: Fútbol Profesional Colombiano NewsFPC Roundup: Cardinals regain command
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The continuous tête-a-tête in which Independiente Santa Fe, D.I. Medellin and Seguros La Equidad have entangled themselves for the top spot continued last weekend leaving the Cardinals in first place after their confortable 2-0 win against Tolima while the highlanders lost at home against the giant-killer Envigado 0-1. Meanwhile, The Insurance sellers got a 1-1 [...]
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