Dedicated to glory. Or from the San Telmo Prosecutor’s Office to the Abu Dhabi megastadio. To the hyperbolic journey of Patronage was completed with a 1-0 rectification On laboratories in the Malvinas Argentinas de Mendoza. the end of Argentine Cup gave him his first national title, ranking al Libertadores Cup and a pass to contest another crown first Mouth in the capital of United Arab Emirates. And it is also an opportunity to end with a big smile a year that saw victories against four of the big five, but also a relegation and a black night, in which four players ended up in punishment.
Those who observe the empty portion of the glass will point out that Entre Ríos’ team will return to next year First National after seven seasons in the top category of Argentine football. Those who prefer to look at the other fraction of the container will highlight the excellent campaign that a cast with very modest resources has carried out in recent months, which allowed him to win the Argentine Cup and finish 10th in Professional Leaguealthough it does not prevent the descent.
The architect of this team was facundo savawho arrived in Paraná on March 7 to replace Ivan Delfino. At that point, the Holy they had collected only one point in the first five games of the year, they were the last in the League Cup group and the penultimate in the average rankings. “I already have the experience of starting from the bottom and I like it. It’s different to fight upstairs than downstairs, but this situation motivates me “assured that day the former coach of San Martín de San Juan, Unión, Racing and Tigre, who in the previous season had led Quilmes to play the final of the First National Team for the second promotion against Barracas Central (he lost to penalties) .
Sava took command of a short squad, without big numbers and who at the beginning of the year had lost some of his most important players such as Paraguayan defender Rolando García Guerreño, Uruguayan striker Sebastián Sosa Sánchez and goalkeeper and captain Matías Ibáñez. Gabriel Gudiño’s departure would be added to the Huracán in June. On the other hand, men arrived who, without a very shiny plate, contributed a lot to the team like Carlos Quintana, Nicolás Castro, Axel Rodríguez, Jonás Acevedo and Marcelo Estigarribia.
In the first segment of Sava’s leadership the results were far from optimal, beyond the fact that the team began to show an improvement in the game. Three wins and six defeats did not help to leave the last place in zone A of the League Cup, led by Racing. That’s why on June 4th, against Velez in Bartolomé Grella Priest, started the Professional League at the bottom of the medium rankings and 11 points from salvationwhich in those days seemed like a chimera.
At the start of the second race of the year, the numbers were more friendly. A couple of wins against Aldosives Y Central Cordobadirect rivals in the battle for permanence and other triumphs against Independent Y Tiger They invited hope. then it came the fateful night of June 26thin which the referee Jorge Baliño and the managers of the VAR, Diego Abal and Diego Ceballos, unfortunately took on a leading role in the match against Barracas Central at the All Boys stadium.
After a couple of much discussed interventions of the video assistance system, when the Template played with ten men for the dismissal of Nicolás Castro and after Facundo Altamirano saved a Pablo Mouche penalty, a header by Colombian Sebastián Rincón in injury time scored the 2-1 in favor of the Beautiful. It was the spark that ignited the prairie. As soon as Baliño marked the end, a phenomenal brawl broke out between the players of the Entre Ríos team and the municipal police officers, who clashed hand-to-hand on the pitch. “It makes me want to cry, to go home and never make it again in my life,” Sava shot while his players were still fighting with the men in uniform.
Following the skirmish, the team was delayed for three hours in the Islas Malvinas guest locker room (which was in the dark due to lack of electricity) and, subsequently, five of its members were arrested: Axel Rodríguez, Justo Giani, Matías Pardo, Juan Barinaga and goalkeeper coach Damián González. The order was given by Celsa Ramírez, head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office specializing in mass events and sports shows in the city of Buenos Aires, for injuries, attack and resistance to authority.
The four players and González they spent the night in police vehicles, while the rest of the team returned to Paraná, and during the morning of the following day they issued a statement at the Prosecutor’s Office 35, in San Telmo, before returning to the capital of Entre Ríos. There they and their teammates received the support not only of the fans (there was a flag in front of the hotel where they were gathered), but also of Governor Gustavo Bordet, who visited them at the La Capillita property. “It hurts a lot when there is an expropriation like the one that took place on the last date. In football you can win or lose, but sometimes there are things that go beyond football “the provincial president complained.
Just five days after the battle of Floresta, the Template beat Boca 3-0 in the Grella. One of the goals was scored by Axel Rodríguez, one of those charged by the din. “We’ve been through a bad period, but with this victory everything is behind us. We are very close”highlighted the former Olympian striker. “I feel a lot of pride for these players”Sava pointed out. “There were a lot of individual and group talks. In the first days we had to be attentive to the feelings we had to live. It was necessary to yield to anguish, to sadness. It was a very difficult time. And it was a special week for me, from a sporting and personal point of view. “added the DT, who is also a social psychologist.
Source: Clarin
