“Why don’t they blame Tinelli for stealing everything?”. Insúa, dazed, withdrew from the New Gasometer in September 2022 and crossed the plateistas who had insulted him. On that occasion, an old dispute between the television host and the then Barça manager was revealed. Tinelli would have expelled Insúa’s children from the club, according to the latter’s version, as a result of a mess that even involved Bear Arturo as a supporting actor. What was covered by that novel were the groups of the Platea Norte.
Less than a year later, in April, Insúa was insulted again after an agonizing victory for Ciclón against Platense. The culprit was detected: Marcos Darío Laschera, close to former president Fernando Mieleexpelled from the club after the privatization attempt back in 2001. Laschera, via Miele, was part of the list of candidates for who is today the president of San Lorenzo: Marcelo Moretti.
The previous insults, those of 2022, came from the same sector. An attempt to install another DT, Nestor Gorositoanother Barça idol, but in the orbit of Moretti since times when, as part of the ruling party, he managed senior football. Insúa always knew: Moretti never wanted him as a coach, not even when he renewed his contract for two years as soon as he began his management. Hence the DT’s anger after he was fired days ago; He knows that it was sustained only as an electoral maneuver. No one who had put Insúa into discussion would have had the slightest chance of winning in last December’s elections, which ended with the It was Tinelli-Lammensstarted in 2012 and worn out in the final stretch.
The farewell to Insúa, in those terms, would enter a long list of proselytizing political tricks if it were not for the condiments that are added: in this case there was no plan for the day after. Neither A, nor B, nor C. Leandro Romagnoli went from interim to starter in a week, since no coach accepted the proposal of a leadership that has no compass and that has not yet begun to manage. In the middle they rejected offers Gabriel Heinze, Luis Zubeldía, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Matías Biscay, Nicolás Larcamón.
To make matters worse, practically the entire team and former members, including the captain Adam Bareiro and former captain Augusto Batalla (currently at Granada in Spain) They came out to bench the DT. A rarity for today’s football but also a symptom: the lack of restraints between the leadership and the squad.
Statements on the air, sponsor promises for the stadium La Plata Avenue that no longer exist, an erroneous first step market not endorsed by the coaching staff and fuss over an audit that was never launched.
“Moretti has not fulfilled a single one of the issues he promised during the campaign and that is very dangerous because in just four months he undermined a very high percentage of legitimacy and political credibility with the risks that this implies when it comes to managing,” he said. César Francis, former member of the Board of Directors.
Reinforcements that did not reinforce
The ups and downs in the professional football team was perhaps the first misstep by the leadership. Captain Batalla left and central midfielder Jalil Elíasas well as a defender Rafael Perez. That is, the team column. Strictly speaking, the meager 2024 campaign, of just four victories, began in the pass book. To make matters worse, those who arrived were more of a squad filler than a solution for Insúa. Even not having taken into account most of the supposed reinforcements left the first short circuit with the leadership.
Only Jhohan Romaña and Cristian Ferreira (to a lesser extent) they made a place for themselves in Insúa’s eleven. Others had a certain continuity in general entering the second half, such as Cristian Tarragona or Diego Herazo. The rest wandered between the substitute bench and the marginalization even of that place: Santiago Viera, Orlando Gill, Eric Remedi, Nicolás Hernández, Gastón Gómez, Iván Tapia, Alexis Cuello. Special cases: Sebastian Blancowho is still recovering from an injury, and the goalkeeper Facundo Altamiranowho was bought by the new leadership but was already on the team as a substitute for Batalla.
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The bonus track: Maximiliano Zelaya, a 26-year-old defender acquired to fill the reserve led by Leandro Romagnoli at the time. Unusual: it was bought from San Lorenzo of Paraguay along with goalkeeper Gill. Zelaya is the son of representative Mariano, of the same last name, who is close to Moretti.
In this context, it was also key dismissal of Matías Caruzzo as a manager. The former defender questioned Moretti and also his replacement a few days ago Nestor Ortigoza (although the position was not exactly the same), with whom he shared schools not only in San Lorenzo, but also in Central Rosary and in Argentinos Juniors, in this last case from children’s divisions. “I was surprised that they fired me publicly, no one contacted me,” she said. And, about Ortigoza: “It’s difficult to see a guy with whom you shared so much talk about San Lorenzo “It was poorly managed, that Insua was left alone, that the reinforcements were there, that the players, that the friends club was ending…”
Thus, San Lorenzo was far away in the League Cup and alarm lights are already going on in the Libertadores Cup, a tournament that was played again in 2024 after several years of absence thanks to the miracle of Insúa. To top, The three million dollar prize for entering the tournament has already been squandered between, for example, the arrival of Remedi and the compensation to Insúafor a two-year contract that Moretti made him sign in January and ripped up in April.
“He didn’t know how to retain Batalla and Rafa Pérez and that he had the audacity to bring in a 26-year-old player to reinforce the reserve. It reflects several things: that the priority is not the assembly of a competitive first-class team, nor the projection of youth players,” he said. Francisgroup leader Return to San Lorenzo. “After signing a two-year contract with Insúa, he terminates it after 3 months as if he had not been directly responsible for the lack of football results,” he added.
This panorama will also be a challenge for Romagnoli, who takes over in difficult conditions. Perhaps, he has an advantage (also Moretti): Pipi has the affection of the fans of San Lorenzoand it is difficult to be repudiated on the court. The risk is throwing another idol into the bonfire.
Heritage, excuse of time
In keeping with the times, “inheritance” was the first fact that stood out Moretti. Debts with suppliers, disorder in accounts, possible inhibitions. The main complaint was for a debt of US$6 million with a Swiss fund and a cooperative. In this context, the President announced a audit, but it never started. One problem with rummaging through papers is that Moretti was part of the ruling party until 2021, and guarantor of the decisions that were made at that time. Their vote in favor on sensitive issues is recorded in the minutes of the Board of Directors meetings.
The other axis in question is linked to the construction of the stadium on Av. La Plata. On the one hand, San Lorenzo must resolve a sensitive issue, which is the construction of the garages that agreed with Carrefour. Although the French company gave up building a store on part of the land, the commitment has been signed. But, beyond that caveat, Moretti had pointed out that It had agreements for US$20 million to begin building the new field, with contributions from the Kioshi company.. The issue was not discussed again after the campaign.
Later, he indicated in an interview with a La Plata newspaper that it would be the Japanese technology company sony the one interested in investing in the stadium in Boedo. She also radio silence on the company side.
Source: Ambito
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