If Deportivo Cali lacked something to aggravate its crisis, it was to lose the classic against America. After hanging on for more than 60 minutes with one less player, the team fell 1-0 and sank to last place in the League standings.
To this is added that today the Deportivo Cali It is the worst team of the year in numbers, occupying the last place in the reclassification table, and that, although this year it does not have relegation problems, it could be very complicated for 2023.
The figures that have Mayer Candelo on the tightrope
Candelo Mayer He completed his ninth game at the head of the professional team and has not been able to win: he has 4 draws and 5 losses, not to mention that it is the team with the most goals with 22 goals.
That is why there is already talk of a possible replacement and everything indicates that it would be a history of Colombian Professional Soccer, with a career in many clubs, including Cali and America.
The name that sounds to get to Deportivo Cali
Jaime de la Pava Marquez He would be the one chosen by the Executive Committee of the sugar institution to take over from Mayer Candelo, according to press reports.
It would be the third step of De la Pava for Cali, after an unlucky first stage in 2005 and a second in 2010, in which he was crowned champion of the Colombia Cup, after beating Itagüí Ditaires (today, Águilas Doradas) in the final. ).
The great novelty of De la Pava’s coaching staff would be the physical trainer: he would accompany him Carlos Eduardo Velasco who worked together with Reinaldo Rueda in Atlético Nacional that won the Copa Libertadores and in the Colombian National Team that was eliminated from the 2022 Qatar World Cup. He also accompanied the Valle del Cauca on his World Cup trips with Honduras and Ecuador.
At the moment there is no official statement, not even on Mayer’s departure, but the technical situation in Cali is becoming more and more unsustainable, due to the fans, who are demanding results due to the number of games that the strategist has played, leaving the team at the bottom of the table.
Juan Andres Arias Arias
Football Correspondent
Cali
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