One day after Independiente Santa Fe’s dream of going to the championship twice in the BetPlay League ended, after a tough defeat against Deportes Tolima (1-0), the architect of the tenth star of “León” in Colombian professional football, the Uruguayan Jorge Bava, won a new title in his career: he became champion on the afternoon of Sunday, November 30, with Cerro Porteño from Paraguay, which he left because he was offered a better salary from the capital.
Bava, who resigned from the “Cardinal” team on September 25, after the first leg of the BetPlay Cup 2025 quarter-final against Independiente Medellin, He made a new Olympic tour in just 66 days: with a different club and countryThis will be evidence of his ability to evaluate sports projects that are suffering from crises. In this way he added a new success to his record, five months after giving Santaferino the long-awaited title in Colombia.
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Ciro’s victory (2-0) over Atletico TempetariOn the 22nd date of the final tournament of Guaraní football, the former goalkeeper and current coach was allowed to win the 35th league title for the “Cyclon”: in exchange for his services in facing the results crisis at the local level, and the failure of the career of the Argentine Diego Martinez, who was there for nine months and was unable to end the drought of titles that lasted for four years; A feat that did not go unnoticed.
Remarkable It is that since his arrival, the Uruguayan has only made eight appearances; But he does not know what the defeat is, as he won five of them, while in three he obtained at least one point. That is, he collected 18 points out of a possible 24, which added to the 28 points obtained by the team, allowing him to occupy first place in the standings with 46 points. One more than Guarani who took second place with 45 units to his name.
in contrast, Since his departure from the first FPC Championtook over the technical direction of Francisco Lopez, who although he managed to secure a place among the eight best teams in the tournament, with a total of 31 points – of which 17 from Bava – he was not able to reaffirm his desire for the tournament twice: because in four home matches he barely added three points and bid farewell to any option to compete for the Christmas star, as was the desire of his fans.
And the success achieved on June 29, 2025 in Atanasio Gerardo Parkwhen Bava led the “Cardinals” in a dramatic definition towards obtaining the title, with the scoring power of Valle del Cauca striker Hugo Rodallega, the institution was unable to re-validate the title after Uruguay’s secession. The footballing expression of the capital’s inhabitants is no longer what it used to be, except for the hopeful ending given by the Creole tenant “all against all.”
With two days left in the home race, Santa Fe is already starting to think about 2026, where he will replace outgoing and interim strategist Lopez, He chose to sign Uruguayan Pablo Repetto: Who was called up to provide an outstanding participation in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, in addition to the struggle for the league title. These will not be easy challenges for the new helmsman, as echoes of Operation Bava are still present.