Álvaro González comes out in defense of Catalina Usme after accusation by Yoreli Rincón regarding a veto: ‘It is very unfair’

The player of National Athletic She is one of the few players in that group who has not returned to wear the team’s jersey. Colombia selection. When asked about a possible veto in the national team and talking about Catalina Usme said in Him Caracol Radio Vbar: “That’s what I told him: Lack of empathy. When he has everything, he forgets the fight he has had.”

Catalina Usme He referred at the time to what was said by Yoreli and explained: “It hasn’t been part of the process for a long time. Only 18 players go to the Olympics and we have had a successful process with the players there are. I think that is a matter for them to choose and they will have their reasons for doing so or not. do it,” he said in Deportes Sin Tapujos.

One more time, Yoreli Rincón spoke out for what was said by her former teammate from the Colombian National Team and left in the air that feeling that her own Catalina Usme He is the one who has it banned.

The president of Difutbol and vice president of the Colombian Football Federation, Álvaro González, He spoke with EL TIEMPO about the problem that has arisen around the Colombian National Team and came out to defend Catalina Usme saying that what is being done to her is unfair.

“It seems very unfair to me what they are doing with Tasting. What is happening to Tasting, it had already happened to me. I have been in football for 30 years and I have never vetoed or imposed any player or coach of any National Team, despite the fact that the entire press says so,” he told this newspaper.

​”The same thing they are saying about Tasting, they told me. I have never recommended or vetoed a player to a coach, because if he does poorly or is eliminated, I have no authority to make a value judgment later. He can tell me: ‘You put or took away players from me and you left me tied up.’ That’s why I have no influence on any coaching staff,” he said.
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And he added: “Cata has a clear conscience, it seems very unfair to me. Furthermore, if there is a coach who allows that, it is very serious, we have appointed a coach with personality to all Colombian teams, our technical directors are not clowns.”

Gonzalez Alzate pointed out that the argument of Yoreli Rincón It has no basis and he said that ‘he must have the personality to accept that he does not have to be obligated to be in a Colombian National Team.’

“First he said that Álvaro González is the one who had her vetoed, now he said that it is Catalina Usme, tomorrow he will say that Mayra Ramírez has vetoed her, for example. One must have personality and not believe that one is the best or that one has the obligation to be in some National Team “What they are doing with Cata is very unfair,” he said.

It should be noted that in that 2019 conflict between the FCF and the players led by the captain of the Selection, Daniela Montoya, An audio came to light in which the players pointed out that it was proof of a possible veto by Alvaro González.

“It seems to me that you should have told me that they had those awards, you should have said it before going to the press, not charging for an intermediary. If I send you to hell and it turns out badly with you, go to the press,” says González in the recording, and adds: “She used the medium badly, Daniela should have looked for Luis (Bedoya, former president of the FCF at that time). , but that pigeonholed the sports leadership against her. So, if they say to Felipe Taborda: ‘You can’t bring her into that group.’ Ah, but I need it. Ready, if you get to sign it, you go. And what do you do if you want to be there? Who loses? Her, because you take care of her position; My ultimatum is: if he calls Cata, bye, fish, who loses? It is a vicious circle and it is like a snowball that grows.”

EL TIEMPO tried to contact Catalina Usme to know his version of this situation with Yoreli Rincón, but decided not to speak and asked to respect the team’s concentration. “I am in the middle of a Fifa training camp and the priority while I remain focused is the team. The National Team is above any individual role and speaking at this time would be unfair to my teammates, especially after a victory.”

And I add: “I am very sorry not to be able to contribute to the printed note, but I fully trust your professional judgment regarding the context. Next week, when the concentration ends, I hope to be in charge of the issue and if there is the possibility of being able to talk, I will be at your disposal.”
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