We have seen it all in this football semi-final. Failed predictions, ‘favourites’ eliminated, big teams knocked out, small teams that did not measure up, controversies over referee-VAR decisions, accusations by players and coaches when they knew they were out of the competition, changes to fixtures without consultation and of course the resulting equipment complaint. This […]
Tag: Arturo Reyes
Junior, emphasis
I understand all the complaints that a football player or coach makes when he feels he is being disadvantaged by the referee’s decisions. I was an inveterate claimer when I was one. Anyone who has been on the playing field, whether professional or amateur, is prone to complaining about anything, a throw-in, a foul, a […]
“I am very calm and happy with the team I have”: Alberto Gamero
Nothing emphasizes Alberto Gamero. The Millonarios coach sleeps peacefully with what his team has and is not jealous of any reinforcement. The blue helmsman is convinced that his men, including a mix of experience and a lot of youth, can compete on all fronts in 2024. Even in the Copa Libertadores. “I am very calm […]
Significant challenges
I read an article that mentions a Japanese saying in the beginning that goes like this: “if you win the battle, fasten your helmet.” The author says it’s a simple way to summarize Zanshin (“continuous mind”), a term commonly used in martial arts. That’s the act of staying alert even when the obvious thing to […]
The success of Junior and Reyes, say it without crying
I am among those who have always thought that crises should be precipitated in order to correct what needs to be corrected and to improve what needs to be improved. What they said in the past that it was better to fall than to hang can be used in this Junior of Barranquilla, whose tenth […]
Junior, Dim and the final
Junior will first have to collectively improve their play and then Bacca will have to dig into their score memory and find some of their best results and a way to replicate them. This was the last paragraph of this column, written prior to Junior’s game against Huila, before confirming his advance to the semifinal […]
Why not with juniors?
It is the question that some friends who are Junior fans ask me very often, before and now in the development of the home runs, regarding the football players who have belonged to the team and who have not performed well, but then go defend the colors of another club and they show a good […]
Junior, heaven and hell
Junior’s defeat was surprising. Not because of the loss of the match against Tolima, but because of the way the match was lost. Big teams like Barranquilla cannot leave doubts and misunderstandings in every match. Junior goes from heaven to hell with an ease that, I think, has become a habit. With ‘Bolillo’ the League […]
“It will be very difficult home runs, all the historic ones are there”: Arturo Reyes
No surprises. No fuss. There were no collection accounts for the press or the fans. He didn’t stick out his chest. I am not exaggerating. Arturo Reyes remained modest, measured and sensible amid the satisfaction of Junior’s qualification for the League II semi-final home runs. The Samario coach of the ‘Sharks’ knows that reaching the […]
Junior’s future
Here we are again. Making calculations with the fingers of the hands, or the toes, with an abacus or calculator, to predict the immediate future of the junior of Barranquilla. This time we don’t have to speculate, add, subtract, multiply, divide and wish bad luck on our rivals. I read somewhere, and it seemed like […]