San Lorenzo in crisis and threatened by relegation: Moretti took down another idol and accelerates the search for a new coach

Romagnoli had taken office on April 11 of this year, when the previous DT was fired, Ruben Darío Insúa; an exit that generated a scandal. The “Gallego” questioned Moretti for using him electorally in the 2023 campaign, and after renewing his contract in January for two years, he ripped it up three months later while the team was playing in the first phase of the Copa Libertadores. Insúa will return this Sunday to the Nuevo Gasómetrowhen his current team Barracas Central visits San Lorenzo. His presence makes the current leadership uncomfortable, since the temperature rose among the fans and Insúa’s return will be a catalyst for anger.

Among the names that are being talked about to replace Romagnoli are Lucas Pusineri, Miguel Russo, Pablo Guede, Sebastián Méndez, Ariel Holan, Julio César Falcioni and Néstor Gorosito.

Idols to the guillotine

In addition to having fired Romagnoli and Insúa, Moretti also left another idol out of management: Nestor Ortigozamember of the ruling party’s board of directors. The differences between the two became undeniable and led to the ex-footballer being expelled from the Professional Football Secretariat. He was replaced by Alejandro Tamer, a leader who is part of the team Federico Sturzeneggermain promoter of Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD) from the Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State.

The fight between Moretti and Ortigoza moved to the last meeting of the Board of Directors. Ortigoza accused the President of the club of having bought the videos in which he mistreats his ex-partner, Lucía Cassiauand then leak them to the media. The former player indicated that he did not resign from his position as a member, since Justice has not yet ruled on the facts.

Sports poverty

The straw that broke the camel’s back for Romagnoli’s resignation was what happened in Mendoza, with the unusual penalty he executed Francisco Fydriszewski about the end of the match against Godoy Cruz, where he decided to “chop it” at the goalkeeper’s hands.

The event revealed the breakdown of the campus and the lack of institutional leadership, events that led to the rRomagnoli statement. “We found ourselves with a penalty at the last moment. As I always say, I played for 20 years and sometimes a player is designated. Leguizamón and Muniain were kicking them, but on the field they decided that it should be Polaco. One is not in the players’ heads. If I know he’s going to bite her, I get on the court and tell him don’t do it. “They are decisions,” he stated. It later emerged that goalkeeper Gastón “Chila” Gómez and defender Jhohan Romaña rebuked Fydriszewskiwhose arrival in San Lorenzo was also not without conflict: Barcelona from Ecuador is now threatening to sue the Boedo club since the forward arrived in a supposedly “free” condition and from Guayaquil they assure that this is not the case.

After having taken over with the team in Libertadores Cupin the first year of management of Moretti The team is 24th in the tournament and in the annual table it occupies the same place, with the aggravating factor that Only 8 points separate it from Tigre, which in the last position would be descending to B Nacional. There is hope in Boedo due to the rumor circulating about a probable suspension of relegations for this year that would be ordered by the AFA of Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia.

The latter, in turn, left San Lorenzo out of the key positions on the unit list that he will assume this October 17. Moretti only holds the position of member. The other big four, on the other hand, occupied central seats: Boca, River and Independiente occupy three vice-presidencies with Juan Román Riquelme, Ignacio Villarroel and Carlos Montaña. Racing, for its part, occupies the secretariat with Víctor Blanco.