Just four days before the classic match with Estudiantes, in the semi-finals of the final tournament, players Gimnasia La Plata did not train Because of the debts the club owes to the team. This news, coming so soon after a match of this magnitude, shook the city.
The team, led by Fernando Zanerato, distributed a statement. “The professional team Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata would like to publicly express the difficult situation it has been experiencing for several months. Today, many footballers owe up to four months, meaning they have not received their individual salaries since July. This fact directly affects our families, our commitments and the natural development of our professional activity. A month ago, while giving priority to the commitment to the club and its people, the team decided to resume training after the promise made by the new leadership, which promised to cancel part of the debt immediately after assuming its duties.
He continued: “We are confident that they will honor that word and find a solution to the problem we have been struggling with for a long time. However, despite our good behavior and repeated attempts to address the situation in a private and respectful manner, we have not gotten answers or progress.” Concrete actions by current officials. As club employees, we are only demanding what is our right (…) and due to the complete lack of responses, we know that the team decided not to train as a measure of force and in protest against the situation. The team remains united in a constant internal dialogue and is open to any situation that allows this conflict to be resolved.
last weekend, Carlos Anacletofrom the roster “Usina Tripera”, became the new president of Lobo. The winning list won with 5,739 votes (74.06%) over the proposals of “Arriba Gimnasia” (1,097 votes), in which Daniel Onofri was a presidential candidate, “Unir A Gimnasia” with Diego Patiño Chumel as a reference (502 votes), and “Gimnasia Somos Todos” (328 votes), headed by Edgardo Medina.
“Congratulations to the recently elected president of @gimnasiaoficial, Carlos Anacleto, to his new board and to all Lobo members who cast their votes and had a great democratic day,” Claudio wrote. Czech Tapia on his social networks.
Gimnasia comes to the match against Estudiantes after defeating Paracas 1-0, in the stadium bearing the name of the President of the Asian Football Confederation. What an irony: Gimnasia was two points away from relegation. He overcame the river at Monumental After 20 years he now adds Five wins in a row. It was one of the worst teams in the regular phase: Talleres and Estudiantes, the least effective, added 21 points, and Lobo had another. The classification was achieved last season: 3-0 over Platense in Vicente Lopez. He was very popular in his away matches: he also beat Union 2-1 in Santa Fe.
Gimnasia came in 12th place (out of 15) In the second group after losing the classic match to Estudiantes on October 19, with a score of 2-0, which seemed like another dagger in history. Now, amid all the internal chaos, he has the opportunity to achieve something big against Estudiantes, but the present threatens his focus.