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Carl Worswick
@cworswick
British journalist based in Bogotá dedicated to Colombian football. Contribute to @WorldSoccerMag, @blzzrd, @Guardian and others.
Dec 16, 2021 • 19 tweets • 11 min read
First time in Chocó, in the wettest city on Earth: Quibdó. Living under permanent cloud cover, "it rains here every single day," says taxi driver Wizzie.

Despite more than 1/3 living in extreme poverty, this region is also one of Colombian footy's biggest producers of talent. 🧵 Yet there isn't a single grass pitch in this Norwich-sized city (130k). In fact, until 2017, there wasn't even an artificial pitch in Quibdó. "Just wastelands of mud & dust," says youth coach Yubely Mosquera.

For 60 yrs, Colombia's poorest region had been asking for a stadium.