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Los acontecimientos mas importantes del cuadro tiburón en Twitter y en el ciberespacio futbolero.

Alerta:

Junior derrotó 1-0 al Tolima por la 2da fecha del FPC mostrando buen juego y con el primer gol de Carlos Bacca en el año. El Jueves, el equipo tiburón comienza su recorrido en la Copa Libertadores.

Notas Tiburonas:

Un Triunfo Refrescante con algo de sabor (@latitularcom)

Carlos Bacca se Reencontró con el gol (@latitularcom)

Resumen del Partido (Video- @alexanderreyes1)

“Fue una victoria merecida”: Quintabani (@latitularcom)

Deportes Tolima perdió en Barranquilla (Rincon Vinotinto)

Seleccion de Tweets:

LIGA POSTOBON | BARRANQUILLA | JUNIOR 1 x TOLIMA 0 GOL DE CARLOS BACCA (19 PT)| TERMINÓ EL JUEGO | EXPULSADOS PIEDRAHITA Y NOGUERA X TOLIMA @diariodeportes

Gano #JuniorBq 1-0 al deportes tolima, Buen segundo tiempo, merecio junior un gol mas … @cesarnietog

Joda el metropolitano si ta bonito solo le falta la pista olímpica y sin duda va a ser el mejor estadio de Colombia #juniorbq @gabogo

Ya quisiera Santa Fe poder contar con un patrocinador serio como Pastas La Muñeca, mientras que el Junior lo desprecia y le incumple. @jabaronrcn

Junior abandonó el patrocinio de Pastas La Muñeca y afrontará acciones legales. Esto puede tener repercusiones en las gondolas de Olímpica. @jabaronrcn

#FPC Abismal la diferencia de un partido a otro. Lo de hoy está más cercano al #AtlJunior que queremos ver. @bravodeverdad

Bueno ganamos que era lo importante pero no jugamos bn, tuvimos buenos pasajes esperemos que el equipo se conecte mejor #junior #fpc. @enrikeparis

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via CYBER DEPORTIVAS.

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Por: Jorge Molina Solano.
Luego de una reunión relámpago efectuada por la junta directiva del cuadro barranquillero, se llegó a la decisión que Arturo Char asuma como nuevo presidente del equipo, reemplazando de esta manera a Alejandro Arteta quien venía desempeñándose en este cargo en la presente temporada.

El nuevo presidente del cuadro “tiburón” trabajará para que el plantel profesional tenga su base en los jugadores de las categorías menores, o la denominada “cantera” que se encuentra en el Junior Sub 19 y el Barranquilla Futbol Club.

Además con este cambio en la parte administrativa del Junior, el panorama de contrataciones toma un rumbo diferente con respecto al que se tenía en mente, sin descartar la salida del actual estratega rojiblanco Diego Edison Umaña con el cual sostendrán una reunión el día lunes de la semana entrante después de concluida la Liga Colombiana en su primera fase. Se presume que en dicha renión lo principal será la continuidad o salida del Umaña del club.

Pero ¿Cuales son las razones que crean duda sobre la permanencia de Umaña? Manejo de grupo, los malos resultados obtenidos en este segundo semestre y los actos de indisciplina que se siguen presentando dentro de la plantilla profesional son los motivos fuertes que tiene la junta directiva para realizar una evaluación más detallada y tomar medidas drásticas con respecto al proceso del timonel de equipo rojiblanco.

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Hi! Since the Junior blog is empty, i’ll take advantage of it to (spontaneousy) liveblog Junior- Millonarios tonight, since Junior’s the home team. Here it is:

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As 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 Junior fan arise. So if that’s your case, feel free to e-mail Daryl (I think the address should be pretty easy to guess) and he’ll give you “the keys” to your new Shark blog.

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At 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. Not only is a total shame and a disgrace to this city, but it is totally uninspiring and unwatchable, and its dwelling bottom last in the table.  Maybe relegation would be a good thing. Maybe the second division can motivate this team. Honestly, I really don’t care anymore. Specially -And this is another confession that i’m making- because i’m not a fan of this team. I’ve never been and i’ve never will be. I only decided to blog about Junior because I moved to Barranquilla and I had a project to work with the management of this team but they completely ignored it. Then I had trouble with my ISP and had to be absent for a while. But when I could come back, I realized that I’m not into the business of carrying the burden of the drama of I team that I don’t really follow. So if YOU, dear reader, want to take over this blog, feel free to follow the instructions in the bottom of the right sidebar and apply to be Junior’s blogger because if not, then the Colombian section will be due for a total makeover since i am formally requesting the powers that be that I want my blog to be about Colombian football in general. Those of you following probably think that I’m finally doing what I wanted from the beginning and maybe you’re right. But I was still good to undertake the journalistic excercise of reporting about this team of the city that I am now living in. And that’s in part why I never requested a blog for my team, the one I followed when I was in Bogota and the  one  I  will  always love.  No, i’m not  saying it because  my next blog has to be totally neutral but feel free to guess: the teams from Bogotá are Santa Fe, Millonarios and Equidad.

So for now on, I’ll only talk about the sharks whenever they are relevant in the general scheme of Colombian football, on the meantime, i’ll talk about whatever else is relevant. And i’ll finally be able to spit on that piece on nicknames that i’ve been munching for so long. It will be good.

FYI, Junior is now losing 1-0. No surprises.

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Going to Bogotá has never been an easy task for Junior and yesterday was no exception. Junior lost 3-1 to Millonarios in Bogotá and now this team is bottom last in the standings and a serious candidate for relegation. Hard to believe that a few months ago we were talking about a team full of stars and a title candidate. But what good does having stars make when you play with no heart, no soul, and no attitude?. So far, if Junior gets relegated, it’s well deserved. This team is unwatchable and an above average Ambassadors side punished it righteously. First, with a Rafael Robayo rebound just outside of the box, then with a Martin García header that the defenders were just looking at, and then with a Gerardo Bedoya header when the sharks were having some hopes after Herly Alcazar made discount. The goals are here, along with the rest of the goals from yesterday’s matches.

Tough beginning for Comesaña (i’ve lost tabs on how many times he has come and gone from managing Junior) Hopefully, he will be able to straighten up this ship, because it’s going to sink.

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With a ludicrous twist: The Front Office actually backed Escobar 24 hour before sacking him. I know this is a tropical country, but darn…

Atletico Junior back coach Escobar, then fire him

BOGOTA, March 11 (Reuters) – Atletico Junior, bottom of the Colombian championship, fired coach Santiago Escobar on Tuesday, less than one day after telling him his job was safe.

Escobar, who had been at the helm for only seven games, took charge of training on Tuesday morning but learned afterwards that the club had changed their minds. He was the first coaching victim of the year among Colombia’s 18 first division clubs. ‘Another extraordinary meeting was called on the subject and the decision was taken to end the contract with the technical staff,’ Hernan Yunis, a member of the board, told reporters. Yunis added that Uruguayan Julio Comesana was favourite to take over from Escobar place.

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And my comment got deleted… unbelievabable.

The point is that this blog was down due to problems with my internet conection. But as you can see, it is up and running again.

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Playing 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, who returned to the team after his spell at Deportivo Cali, scored the first goal of the match on a penalty kick. Three minutes after the beginning of the second half, peruvian striker Johan Fano scored the temporary drawing score for the visitors and Herly Alcazar (former Once Caldas player) gave Junior the three points. On a somethat surprising note, it seems Carlos Perez has beaten Didier Muñoz for the goalkeeping starting spot.

Lineups:

Atl. Junior: Carlos Pérez; Háyder Palacios, Róller Cambindo, Hilario Cuenú, Háyder Romero, Wainer Caneda (Del Castillo, 27’), Nicolás Torres, Giovanni Hernández (Méndez, 88’), Émerson Acuña, Herly Alcázar and Jorge Díaz (Ruiz, 65’).
Substitutes: Didier Muñoz, Marcelo Méndez, Vladimir Hernández, Luis Carlos Ruiz and Álex del Castillo.
Head Coach: Santiago Escobar.

Once Caldas: Héctor Landázuri; Jimmy Asprilla, Samuel Vanegas, Alexis Henríquez, Luis Núñez, Carlos Ortiz, Nilson Cortés, Elkin Blanco (Canchila, 30’), Dayron Pérez, Johan Fano and Édinson Chará (Mena, 80’).
Substitutes: Julián Mesa, Hárnold Palacios, Marco Canchila, César Alzate y Wilson Mena.
Head Coach: Juan Carlos Bedoya.

*Translated from futblog