Colombian football coach quits team due to demanding salaries: “We had two months without payment”

Colombian football has always had some difficulties for its teams to grow, one of them being the violence of its fans, which occurred in the match between Nacional and Junior, in Medellin on September 26, which left 20 injured and 10 suspects. wanted by the authorities.

In addition, The economic crisis of some clubs is constant and one of them was left without a coach for that reasonas he left his position due to back wages and a number of awards owed not only to him but also to players who stood out.

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In the first and second divisions there are these situations of non-payment of athletes and coaches, cases that we remember as Cali in 2023, which was a step away from the loss of sports recognition, which happened to Cúcuta in 2020 and he returned to professionalism only in 2022 .

As in any society, they cause discomfort to their employees who do not receive the appropriate remuneration for their work, and when there is a huge delay in this matter, they reach the point of disconnection, as happened in Llaneros, which lost one of its members. the most important.

Coach Martín Cardetti left the Villavicencio club on September 1 due to non-paymentas well as players who have long complained, he explained something during an interview with the station Snail Radio and emphasized that he took away the happy memory of winning the first half of the 2024 season.

“It was a nice experience, the championship, happy for what I achieved. The management decided that we should not continue the promotion (…) The team did very well, second in the standings, second in the tournament,” said the Argentine coach.

Cardetti mentioned that the demand for salaries lasts from the end of the first semester: “I believe there was attrition because we wanted to collect wages that they didn’t pay and that they owed us.”the price we agreed on for the championship, which they also did not pay. So the attrition came from that side because we wanted to get paid for what we worked for.”

On the other hand, the coach made it clear that he does not intend to resign, but wants to fight for promotion in December: “We set ourselves the goal of promotion with the team, I didn’t want to resign, we believed that we could promote. We said we would hold out until the end, but we always asked for delayed salaries, we had two months when they didn’t pay and what we agreed on with the price.”

Martín Cardetti has experience with teams like Bogotá FC, Santa Fe and Llaneros, which has shown his desire to continue in Colombia for longer, especially for his family: “It’s where I chose to live, I’m very happy with what’s happening. me.” family, so I hope I can get something and continue in the country.”

Although he is resting at the moment, he is reviewing offers and recognizes the level of Colombian football, both in the first and second leagues, but stresses that the economic problem must be solved, as many clubs have the same problem as Llaneros de Villavicencio.

“The truth is, it’s exciting, There are economic problems like everywhere, but the tournament itself is very competitive. There are good coaches, good players, I think it could be even better in other things. There are teams that could be more organized, but due to economic problems they cannot achieve this,” he stated.