The democratic express league of Colombian football... (Meluk tells you, opinion)

Just a week ago, Santa Fe and its people thrilled with the tenth star carried to their red sky by their angel Hugo Rodallega . Their hearts, quite rightly, are still beating strongly and at 200 revolutions per minute. And in less than a week, on Friday, the new League begins without respite or rest, in its express format, and in which, truly, in just eight games, in less than a month, and against only four rivals, the champion will be chosen.

And for the new League , no super-signings or glittering reinforcements have yet been announced.

Santa Fe, the defending champion, has opted for four players whose names aren't as big as they used to be (Joaquín Sosa, Yairo Moreno, Wéimar Asprilla, etc.). Junior, who never disappoint in the art of the shake-up, once again shook up half the dressing room, although without setting off any fireworks (Alfredo Arias (coach), Mauro Sllveira, Lucas Monzón, Guillermo Celis, etc.).

Cali , meanwhile, is seeking to revive itself both athletically and institutionally. Alberto Gamero, its new coach, is its sworn testament. In one week, Julián Quiñones went from a sure thing to a possibility, which was revived Sunday night, while they continue to wait for the miraculous investor to bail them out.

Nacional and Millonarios , two fallen giants in the recently concluded La Liga , are still waiting for the market to turn up wingers and center forwards. There are already some "very close to signing," but they won't be big-money names to fill stadiums. Edwin Mosquera for Millos? Facundo Batista and Aarón Molinas for Nacional?

Radamel Falcao García and Juan Fernando Quintero, the two names in the spotlight and the biggest recent investments, are gone. Falcao was suspended after blaming refereeing for Millos ' elimination.

Juanfer kept telling everyone that they owed him a lot of money, while América claims she paid him what she owed. So, who, in the end, didn't put up a bill? If it was an unknown third party... is that even possible? Hmm? América has denied the existence of this supposed "third party."

By the way: in America , the plan is to go with an unknown coach, whose greatest merit is having been a "disciple of." Pure Zen philosophy applied to the coaching staff: one's own experience and intuition are more valuable. Let's see if that brings more spiritual peace to a team whose last coaches and star players have been turning away from the management.

Medellín , for its part, and in its moral grief over the incredible defeat in the final, brought in a Millos substitute (Jader Valencia) as a goal-scorer. And from there on down, it's more of the same, proportionally.

The upcoming democratic express league of Colombian football doesn't demand much more either. This was clearly acknowledged two months ago by the newly elected president of Dimayor, Carlos Mario Zuluaga, when he stated that our league produces champions from teams that wouldn't have been able to under a more robust championship system...