Cordoba workshops arrived at the final of Argentine Cup, after beating Banfield 1-0 in the semifinals and, like last year where they lost on penalties against Boca, will play the latter instance. Tonight, starting at 20:30, he will go to glory against Patronato at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium.

The matador He returns to be present in the great plans of national football and will try to put his name at the top. But the Cordovian giant is not a coincidence, rather it is the result of several years of work that have managed to save it Albiazul from a difficult place.

Just 8 years ago, those of the Barrio Jardín played in the Federal A Tournament, for the third division of Argentine football. How did the sudden rise of Talleres come about? What is the recipe for the Cordovian miracle?

The closer the T to achieve national glory was in 1978. On January 25 of the same year the second leg of the final of the 1977 National Tournament was played between Talleres and Independiente.

It was a historic match in which the Red of José Pastoriza and Ricardo Bochini was losing 2-1, and reached parity with 8 players: the team from Córdoba ended up losing to an away goal. It was a 3-3 aggregate that left the Córdoba team on the brink of success and with an uneasiness impossible to describe.

But when it comes to international successes, Talleres scores a star. On December 8, 1999, he was crowned champion of the extinct Copa Conmebol after beating Sportivo Alagoano from Brazil 5-4 overall. The first leg was for the Brazilians, 4-2. The second leg was in the hands of the T’s, 3-0, at the Córdoba stadium.

Thus, Talleres shouted loudly because it was the only club in Cordovan to raise a trophy internationally. It is also the only one of the clubs indirectly affiliated with the AFA. But after the glory came the debacle.

The fall of the giant of Cordoba

The 2002-2003 season was not a good one for Talleres. The Cordovans have committed themselves to averages and have not added the number of points necessary to save themselves. They played the Promotion against Argentinos Juniors and were relegated to B Nacional.

In addition to insulting injury, On December 28, 2004, the Club Atlético Talleres went bankrupt. for a debt that had been made impossible for him to pay.

To the Albiazul He had to wreck several seasons in the second division of Argentine football with an unstable economy and institutional turmoil. They couldn’t raise their heads for a long time. But despite the bad sporting moment, people were always by his side.

After some internal handling, the slide became more pronounced. Talleres is down again and played five seasons in Argentina’s Tournament A, from 2009/10 to 2014/2015, the third division of national football. That tournament, now called Federal A, brings together clubs indirectly affiliated with the AFA, originating from the regional championships.

The resurrection

November 16, 2014 Andre Fassi he was elected president of Talleres with over 70 percent of the vote and rebuilding began. Fassi’s board of directors – which came with strong financial backing from Mexico’s Grupo Pachuca, of which he is vice president – was the first to be elected by shareholders in nearly a decade after the institutional collapse and bankruptcy.

The 27 October 2015after beating Sol de Mayo de Formosa 1-0, the T is back in the second division of Argentine football.

The following season, in National B, was devastating. The matador he put together a competitive team, added reinforcements and managed to increase his partner base to fund an unprecedented project. And the big goal has arrived.

On 5 June 2016, after beating the All Boys 2-1 in Floresta, Talleres returned to the First Division after 12 years.. It was an arduous and tiring road, where there were also waterfalls. But people accompanied the team with him, because the passion is getting stronger.

The sporting project, with Andrés Fassi at the helm, is ambitious. The Cordovan team has managed to establish itself as one of the greatest references in national football outside the most important teams in Buenos Aires and its surroundings. For his good football and his call, The matador He reached tenure in 2017 and returned to play the Copa Libertadores in 2019.

The chance to make history

The growth did not stop. In a season turned upside down by the pandemic, Talleres was once again the protagonist of Argentine football. In the Diego Armando Maradona Cup, played in 2020, they were one of the best teams in the competition and the following year they managed to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana.

The 2021 season brought him back on an upward curve and reached the final of the Copa Argentina. On 8 December last year, after having drawn in regular time, he fell on penalties against Boca. But he managed to qualify for this year’s Libertadores, where he reached the quarter-finals and was knocked out by Vélez.

In the Workshop school one of the key subjects is to show a captivating game idea and being protagonists. Another fundamental basis is to count with a large gathering of fans and many partners. One of the best tasks performed by this institution is to acquire low-name players, who are not usually the protagonists of their teams, to enhance them and then sell them abroad for more money than they invested.

Facundo Medina, Emanuele Drink it Reynoso, Lucas Olaza, Nahuel Tenaglia, Sebastián Palacios, Andrés Cubas, Tomás Pochettino, Diego Valoyes, Piero Hincapié, Federico Navarro and Franco Fragapane, are some examples.

The coaches were also up to the task and were able to put together competitive teams with what they had at their disposal: Frank Darío Kudelka, Juan Pablo Vojvoda, Alexander Medina, Pedro Caixinha and now Javier Gandolfi, who managed to get back on his feet the track team after the departure of the Portuguese.

Tonight, starting at 20:30, the ball will roll again at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza. The final between Workshop and Board of Trustees It is a historic opportunity for The matador. The great opportunity to crown the resurrection with a title.

If you can win the Templatethe Cordovan giant will be the first club indirectly affiliated with the AFA to win a local first division competition since 1944, when San Martín de Tucumán lifted the Republic Cup.