Unión, another club in crisis: the leaders denounce death threats and the members complain about the economic turmoil

The sensational defeat for 5 to 1 that his team suffered against Argentinos Juniors at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Tuesday is just a hint of it the sporting and institutional crisis that the Union is going through. A few hours after that football faux pas, the club’s board revealed that some of its members and even their relatives had received death threats and announced that he will file the corresponding complaint.

The leadership of the Santa Fe institute reported in a statement that the intimidation, which have been more than 350 and have also reached the minorshad taken place after the telephone numbers of managers and family members had been published on social networks and in various WhatsApp groups, adding that he will present the documentation proving the threats so that the club’s Statute is applied to those responsible (in the case of members) and the Sports law.

The Board of Directors also recalled that three weeks ago, after the 3-1 defeat against Racing on April 15th for the eighth round of the Professional Football League (LPF), there had been stone attacks on the clubhousewhich imposed the placement of protection on a staircase giving access to the box area of ​​the 15 de Abril stadium to prevent future attacks.

“We recognize in front of all our partners that due to different circumstances there are no results in football and that is why we are working hard to correct the course. We will spare no effort in the solutions needed to improve this present”, concluded the leadership led by louis spahn.

The trigger for the claims by members and fans was the team’s erratic performance in the LPF: they were bottom with just seven points from 11 appearances. This also led to the departure of Uruguayan coach Gustavo Munúa just over a week ago following a defeat by River at the Monumental. After a short internship for Marcelo Mosset (TD of the Reserve), The management announced on Tuesday that the new coach will be Sebastián Méndezwho will make his debut against Tigre on Sunday.

Méndez, 45, has worked as a coach at home at San Lorenzo, Godoy Cruz, Banfield, Atlanta, Platense, Gimnasia de Jujuy and Belgrano de Córdoba, and abroad at Palestino in Chile, Deportivo Cúcuta in Colombia and Tijuana in Mexico. In addition, he was Diego Armando Maradona’s main assistant in Gymnastics and then took over the team after the death of the greatest footballer of all time.

But Unión’s problems aren’t limited to the poor results of its football and basketball teams (it is fighting to avoid relegation from the National League to the Argentine League). Furthermore, there are claims by some partners to the leadership for their economic managementsince they believe that he has not adequately strengthened the team that participates in the LPF despite having sold millionaires to figures such as Juan Portillo (in Talleres de Córdoba) and Juan Nardoni (in Racing Club).

Moreover, the club owes balances for the year ending June 2022for which he has been intimidated by the Argentine Football Federation, while he is inhibited by FIFA due to a complaint by Plaza Colonia, which claims the non-payment of goalkeeper Santiago Mele’s previous loan.