Who are the presidents of the ‘big’ who can’t set foot in their club’s stadium?

Over the last 20 years, being president of one of the so-called big five of Argentine football has become a tall order that guarantees many bad moments and hopefully a handful of moments of joy. The facts support the ruling. It is possible that there is a new awareness among the fans and that the irruption of social networks with their nuance of hatred has magnified some sensations. There are very few presidents who can return to the field: social condemnation separates them, expels them. Therefore, entering politics is synonymous with having the certainty that, once the mandate is over, it will almost certainly no longer be possible to take the field. happens to Marcello TinelliTO Daniele AngeliciTO Jose Maria Aguilar Already July comparedAmong many.

“At Independiente I didn’t get paid, I even lost money. Because of Independiente I stopped working privately and dedicated 24 hours to the club; I didn’t go to my birthday, I didn’t take holidays. And I also started getting threats. I went onto the field that our keeper and visitor was not wearing. This also impacts me and the family”explained Fabiano Doman on ESPN. And I add: “For now I’m not going on the pitch because I think it doesn’t count for anything”.

It took Doman six months to understand that it will be very difficult for him to return to Avellaneda to see his beloved Independiente. It’s the risk I knew I could take. Why did the last presidents of the Red suffered the same fate: neither July compared (2005-2011) neither Javier Cantero (2011-2014) neither Hugo Moiano (2014-2022) can set foot in the Libertadores de América Ricardo Bochini. “I went 14 years without going on the field”he confessed last year Andres Ducanzeilerhead of the institution between 2002 and 2005.

A situation similar to that of Independiente occurred Saint Lawrence in recent years, from the management of Ferdinand Miel (1986-2001) to this part. Alberto Guilthe dead Raphael Savino, Carlos Abdo, Matthias Lammens AND Marcello Tinelli It was they who held the power in the Boedo club. Of all those, only Abdo returned safely to the Gasometer and can still be seen in the stadium today.

Insults for Lammens and Tinelli, meanwhile, are the order of the day. And while the current minister of tourism and sport disguised himself to go to a match, the television entrepreneur has not shown up at the Gasometer since he applied for a license in May 2021. “Football is very thankless. I feel that I gave birth to San Lorenzo. Since 1995 I have helped. I have helped to make them champions, I have done the walk to Luján, the publicity I have done in my programs in San Lorenzo is practically priceless I brought down the 2007 champions, we saved ourselves from relegation in 2012, the 2013 Scudetto, the 2014 Copa Libertadores”, Tinelli listed days ago. And he added: “I invested out of my own pocket in the club, and I’m not paying a toll, but I put in a lot of money and of course I also lost a lot. That there are people who have no memory, because I couldn’t continue because my other work was not compatible and I had to choose between one thing and another, I would never touch a weight of the club that I love nor did I enter football to gain weight”.

The cases of River and Boca are special because they have had few presidents in the last two decades. In the cast of Núñez, Jose Maria Aguilar (2001-2009) and Daniele Alberto Passarella (2009-2013) were marked by the decline of 2011 and both are a forbidden word in Monumental.

He Kaiser He returned to action on February 12 to attend River’s tribute to the world champions in Qatar. The fans greeted him with warm boos and a lot of indifference.

Daniele Angelici did not return to candy box since his group lost the election at the hands of Jorge Amor Ameal AND Juan Roman Riquelmein December 2019. And on the pitch they insulted him when the agent Celsa Ramírez decided to close a stadium stand. “From what I read, the closure is preventive due to the expertise they carried out, i.e. more technical than judicial”clarified the tan. It’s safe: “I’m already out of club policy and decided not to talk a long time ago”.

And there are, on the other hand, two stories with happy endings, both in River and in Boca. In Núñez, Rodolfo D’Onofrio (2013-2021) is greeted with applause every time he attends the Monumental thanks to his 15 titles in the club. Something similar happens with Mauricio Macri (1995-2008), who was crowned 16 times.

Corse, the different

Recent racing history is friendlier perhaps because it has had to go through years of opprobrium. The Avellaneda club was managed by the Blanquiceleste company between 2000 and 2008, when it took over Rodolfo Molina after the democratic elections.

The successor in 2011 was Gastone Cogornowhich had the same Molina in the trinomial e Victor White. A brawl between the president and the vice president catapulted Blanco, who has been president ever since.

“The Racing case was different because it was a political problem. We had a bad relationship with Rodolfo and we decided to step aside. I only had a problem once: in a match against Argentinos on the Huracán field for the Cup of ‘Argentina’explained Cogorno clarion. “I have my box which I renew every 5 years and where I go with my whole family. If I don’t go on the pitch I don’t know what to do”.

“I’ve never had problems and I’ve never stopped going to Il Cilindro. I’ve always paid my public and I go there with my son. I had to take over the place after management. We were at the bottom of the sea and, when the deadline expired, we were able to leave the institute orderly”Molina secured this newspaper. “Ours with Gastón was a political issue and now I have a cordial relationship with him. I think what happens at Independiente is different”.