Tragedy and pain in San Cayetano: a 17-year-old footballer died during training

Tragedy struck the sport of San Cayetano, a small municipality in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires: A 17-year-old boy died suddenly.while training with his teammates from the club’s lower divisions Independent of that city.

Thiago Baca, defender of the Sixth Division, was in full training this Wednesday February 22, shortly after 17:00, on one of the auxiliary fields of the sports complex that this institution with a strong social impact has in San Cayetano. Suddenly. sharing the game among other peers, collapsed in the middle of the field and there were moments of shock.

As they said clarion The social authorities immediately called the ASL and transferred the young player to the municipal hospital. “They spent almost an hour on resuscitation tasks. They couldn’t save him”said a witness, still shocked by the situation.

Baca played as a right-footed goalscorer and had been part of the sixth division squad that finished runners-up in the Necochense football league in the competition that ended last year.

The clubs of the region, the sports authorities, the Necochea league and other sports and social institutions have expressed deep condemnations and expressions of pain and accompaniment to the family of the player who died since Wednesday.

On a hot afternoon and on an alternative pitch at Independiente, the training work went like any other preparation. But in an instant the boys were paralyzed by the fall of their companion.

The technician Maximilian Montiel he had to give first aid to the boy when he fell lying on the grass of the courthouse. Thiago was in the 2005 category and has gone through all the lower ranks of the club, from the small children’s school.

He was born in that country with an agricultural profile in a humble family. He has five siblings and his parents are separated. “All workers. People who fight every day. This tragedy was a hard blow and an irreversible blow”assessed one of the club’s executives.

Social media and the sports field in the city of 9,400 were appalled by the episode. The club has an intense activity and inclusion among young people, even when other sports institutions are present. At Independiente they play basketball, tennis, car racing and swimming. Last year it celebrated its centenary.

Independiente de San Cayetano competed in the Necochea Soccer League and won its fifth title in 2022. That’s why it entered the federal regional tournament. Fifteen days ago, in a match against Rawson’s Germinal, played in Bahía Blanca, he was the victim of serious accidents. For this reason, the club was suspended for a year, at the request of an intervention by Aprevide (provincial agency for the prevention of sporting violence).

The Silver. Corresponding.​