Deportivo Cali lives one of the biggest crises in its history. You have to go way back, to March 1956, when the Dimayor disaffiliated him. At that time, the entity only allowed a maximum of two clubs per city and the capital of the Valley had América and Boca Juniors. Cali, who came from being last in 1955, could not compete anymore.
From champion to living a crisis
The club was refounded in 1959 and a glorious history began there, with ten titles (the last very recent: in December of last year). But while the fireworks of that celebration were going off, the institution was plunged into an economic crisis that this year hit, and very hard, in sports.
Deportivo Cali is last in the League, with just two points in six games played (two have been postponed). How serious will be the thing that on Friday they celebrated a four-goal draw with Alianza Petrolera. They have conceded 17 points this semester, more than any other team, 11 of them in the last three games. Tomorrow he plays one of the pending matches, against Jaguares.
“Very happy with the behavior of the team. We wanted to play soccer, it was done with triangulations, walls, everything we did in 15 days and looking at who our rival was, which was important and with good players, intense. In addition, with a temperature like that of Barrancabermeja, which is not easy, but the level of the team was up to the task”, said the DT Mayer Candelo.
The economy is also a concern. The president of Cali, Luis Fernando Mena, who took over to replace Marco Caycedo, recognized that there are troubles. They came to be more than two months in arrears with the players, with which acolfutpro He asked that the sports recognition of the team be suspended, although there was already a subscription. He still hasn’t just paid the prize for December’s star.
“The situation of Deportivo Cali is complex, but now this year with the management that has been done with Dr. Caicedo, Eduardo and the Executive Committee we are going to comply with everything, we are going to lighten the loads a lot. There are two charges that are really killing us, which is that of the DIAN and UGPP (Pension Management and Parafiscal Unit). With interest of 33 percent, we will double the debt in three years,” Mena assured Los Owners del Balón Cali.
more and more problems
Deportivo Cali’s debt is around 90 billion pesos. In the next few days he should receive the percentage that corresponds to him for the transfer of defender Jhon Lucumí from Genk in Belgium to Bologna in Italy. But that is hardly a palliative for the serious economic problems.
Cali rules out taking advantage of the insolvency law, as Millonarios and Santa Fe did at the time. But it would appeal to a desperate measure: give up part of the lot where the stadium is for the construction of a theme park. “Deportivo Cali does not cost a peso. The idea is to leave the lot in a trust and sign a 20-year contract. They guarantee us the access road to Rozo, 5,000 new parking spaces and a large number of things that will benefit the club, in addition to having a full capacity,” added Mena.
In soccer, Cali needs an immediate reaction so as not to suffer next year. For now it has no relegation problems, but if the same system is maintained this year and if the Patriots go to B, which is a possibility, it would start with trouble. For now, in the table and in the balances, Cali is in the basement.
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