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Verdolaga, the Spanish word for purslane, is a nickname for South American football clubs with green-white schemes in their uniforms, including Colombia's Atletico Nacional and Argentina's Ferrocarril Oeste. [citation needed] Afro-Colombian singer Totó la Momposina sings a song entitled “La Verdolaga.”
Dámaso Verdolagas, a Franciscan Spanish priest, was the former curate of the town of San Diego. He was an enemy of Don Rafael Ibarra, Crisóstomo Ibarra's father; Don Rafael refuses to conform to the friars' power.
The match played at Estadio El Campín became the pivotal point that intensified this rivalry, as it was marked by a controversial refereeing by Chilean Hernán Silva who ignored a penalty for Millonarios after striker Arnoldo Iguarán was fouled by Atlético Nacional keeper René Higuita within the Verdolaga box.
Sesuvium portulacastrum is a vine up to 30 centimetres (12 in) high, with thick, smooth stems up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) long. It has smooth, fleshy, glossy green leaves that are linear or lanceolate, from 1–7 centimetres (0.39–2.76 in) long and 2–1.5 centimetres (0.79–0.59 in) wide.
García spent the first half of the 2011 campaign nursing a knee injury, [2] and was released by the Verdolagas in December, after failing to make a single appearance for the club. [3] He subsequently returned to Real Santander, before signing for Uniautónoma in January 2015.
The Verdolaga played its third consecutive final series in 1987, but was finally defeated by Atenas, that won the first of 9 titles, being the most winning LNB team to date. In 1988 Atenas won a second championship beating River Plate and the next year Ferro won another title, being the only title won by León Najnudel as coach.
Club Mariscal Castilla was a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Lima.The club was founded with the name of Club Mariscal Castilla in honor of the Peruvian caudillo and President of Peru Ramón Castilla and played in Primera Division Peruana from 1958 until 1960.
The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin. English words of African origin; List of English words of Afrikaans origin. List of South African English regionalisms