Articles tagged with "junior"
Picture of the Day: The yellow-haired guardian
By Lugo | April 12th, 2008Outside 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, b ...
Blogger needed
By Lugo | April 6th, 2008As you may know, the colombian blog is up and running now and it will be fully integrated to the interface within days. I already moved my latest posts over there and Daryl has informed me that this blog will stay open should interest from any Juni ...
FPC Roundup: Ambassadors fry Red Devils while La Equidad flies high
By Lugo | April 4th, 2008After fixture 11th, The Insurance sellers continue to dominate the top of the standings after their 2-1 home win to Boyacá Chicó where Roberto Polo contributed with a marvelous strike to Equidad's cause. The checkereds were overplayed and could not ...
A farewell... (Not really)
By Lugo | March 23rd, 2008At the time i'm writing this, Junior is drawing 0-0 against Envigado. Hopefully the sharks can get a good result. In this case, trust me, this away draw would be a good result. But whatever this result is, i have to confess that I've had it with this team
Sharks Start on the right foot (yeah... I know, but is a cool title)
By Lugo | February 4th, 2008Playing at the Jaime Morón stadium in Cartagena, because the Metropolitano is suspended and the city is in carnival frenzy, Junior had a good season start by getting a home victory against Once Caldas. At the 23rd minute, right wing Hayder Palacio,
An Introduction to Junior
By Lugo | February 4th, 2008It may seem a little late for this, after 6 posts into the blog but thanks to the feedback that I've been receiving and with the intention of keeping this blog junior-related (at least for now), it's necessary to deliver this background piece about all t
Is this blog too local??
By Lugo | January 27th, 2008Due to the lack of comments and feedback I've been getting I am beginning to wonder if a blog on a specific Colombian team in English was indeed a good idea or if it would have been better to write about Colombian soccer in general which could be more app
"Feria del Sol" Wraps up. Spirits are high.
By Lugo | January 25th, 2008Despute losing 1-0 to Bucaramanga in the final game, The sharks prepare the return to Barranquilla (right in the middle of carnival, god help us...) to get ready for their first match agains Once Caldas in Cartagena. Why in Cartagena? Because the Metropol
Why You Must Love Rio's State Championship!
By Bruno Romani | January 25th, 2008A few reasons to just like the Rio de Janeiro's state championship: Reason #1: Cheerleaders of small clubs We're talking about girls in Rio de Janeiro in the summer. Get it? (Pic: Cheerleaders of Boa Vista in the match against Flamengo) Rea
The Venezuelan Tour: One up, one down and no Gio.
By Lugo | January 18th, 2008After its inaugural 4-2 loss to Maracaibo and its yesterday 1-0 victory at Trujillanos, Junior continues it's Venezuelan tour heading now to Merida. Coach Sachi Escobar is still assembling the squad and while star signing Giovanni Hernandez has yet to fea
Riep calls it quits plus starting XI at Maracaibo
By Lugo | January 13th, 2008Citing family reasons Rodrigo Riep has formally renounced his place at Junior but one wonders if the name of Giovanni Hernandez had too much to weigh in his decision as the first thing that the Colombian international did after arriving to Barranquilla wa
So the prince has arrived... and with quite a court
By Lugo | January 10th, 2008Well... seems the soap opera of the off-season is finally over. Giovanni Hernandez will be strutting his stuff at the Metropolitano and the best part of it is that he isn't by any means, coming alone. Gio arrived today to Barranquilla for his medi
Carnival and Soccer: A match made in hell?
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008As next Friday and the reading of el bando approaches fast, Barranquilla gets ready to almost a month of all out-wild partying, as if barranquilleros were ever short of partying. Such frenzy undoubtedly affects the life of the players at Junior. And havin
Gio Alone won’t soothe Junior’s woes.
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008So far, Junior has made some impressive moves toward improving the squad in adding Dumar Rueda and Alex Del Castillo solidifying their defensive midfield with a Mauricio Serna-esque player (Rueda) and a Freddy Rincón-esque player (Del Castillo). They pro
Gio Alone won’t soothe Junior’s woes.
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008So far, Junior has made some impressive moves toward improving the squad in adding Dumar Rueda and Alex Del Castillo solidifying their defensive midfield with a Mauricio Serna-esque player (Rueda) and a Freddy Rincón-esque player (Del Castillo). They pro
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