It’s not meeting, sitting for an hour, defining the call list and that’s it. It’s not that simple. The team in Colombia is the product of “permanent monitoring and analysis work”, in the words of Luis Amaranto Perea, going in many directions amidst an interdisciplinary group. The assistant to Néstor Lorenzo, coach of the national […]
Tag: players
Junior and Aladdin’s lamp
What a good example both Chicó and Alianza Petrolera set, small teams that have competed against the big ones for the possibility of accessing the League final. They are teams that have maximized the ability to find good players without spending large sums of money and the ability to endure less good moments to put […]
According to ChatGPT, these are the best Colombian footballers of all time
In second place James Rodriguez. This talented attacking midfielder gave himself meet at the World Cup of FIFA 2014, where he won the Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer and stood out for his technical skills and vision of the game. His performance in that tournament led to him being signed by the Madrid, […]
Capture of Once Caldas players legalized for alleged extortion
On the night of this Monday, April 10, the arrest of the three lower division players of the Once Caldas team was legalized for allegedly extorting a medical student, a Spanish national. The athletes, caught red-handed last weekend, are Esteban García Jiménez, Santiago Mera Orejuela and Debinson Fernando Mateus Luengas. According to Manizales Metropolitan Police […]
Juniors, players and journalists
I once received a claim from a football player for the criticism he had made against him. My answer was simple: you do your job well, I do mine well. There is no other way to live together in the world of football between players and journalists. The football scenario and the valuation of athletes […]
Footballers denounce threats and suspend their activities in Uruguay
The Uruguayan Mutual of Professional Soccer Players of Uruguay (MUFP) decided to suspend football activities in the South American country after a team’s board denounced attacks and threats against athletes, leaders and officials. That is according to a statement issued Thursday in which he demanded that the competent authorities “urgently” conduct an investigation to clarify […]
The Junior’s Best Central Defenders
After the column where I mentioned what I believe to be the best Junior fullbacks I had seen, a large number of readers invited me to complete the defense and share in the same space what seemed to me the best central defenders. † I’ll start with Dulio Miranda. ‘Dulión’ Miranda rightly called him Edgar […]
FIFA puts agents of football players in line
In July 2023, the ultra commissions charged by super agents for signings like that of Haland one of both Mbappe† The players’ relatives, powerful brokers of the 21st century, will also not have the right to monetize a transfer if they are not licensed. On that date, the FIFA The new brokerage regulations to be […]
Attention! Changes are announced in the delivery of the Ballon d’Or
The next edition of golden ball It will change the evaluation period (it will be per season and not per year) and reduce the number of journalists voting, France Football announced Friday, the magazine that awards the best footballer for 70 years. After being criticized for the opacity for the award of the Ballon d’Or […]