It is just after 7am at Cancha Bombona, the simple training ground of Barranquilla FC, but already a group of ambitious teenage footballers are hard at work. One young man, with No 28 on his shorts and a distinctive haircut, catches the eye.
As the temperature soars, he stays cool in possession and the calmness he has on the ball, with his left foot, is a welcome distraction to the constant roar and rumble of wagons on the adjacent highway.
His name is Jesus Diaz. He is 17 and comes from a gifted footballing family. He has two brothers.