Tulio Gómez calls attention to América fans: 'Incredible'

The women's soccer league in Colombia is not going through a good time as far as fans are concerned. On the one hand, the teams do not promote their women's team in the same way as the men's team and, on the other, the fans do not go to the stadium to see the women.

Last year even There was uncertainty about the format of the league because, according to the players, there was not much support from the managers. Something that clearly caused controversy among soccer fans who want Colombia to follow in the footsteps of a league like the Spanish one in terms of support.

In addition to this, this year the participating clubs They dropped from 17 to 15 in the local tournament with the absence of teams like Once Caldaswhich even went so far as to sell season tickets including the women's matches at the beginning of the season only to cancel the project some time later.

In a match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg for the first leg of the Women's Champions League final, 91,648 people attended and set a world record. In Colombia, the record was set in 2022, América faced Deportivo Cali and brought together 37,100 spectators at the Pascual Guerrero.

However, that number of fans have not been seen again at the ““the red devils”, and this was evidenced this Friday, April 12, in his 'X' account by the former president of the club. In a publication on the América Femenino account, the players reacted to the number of tickets sold for the game on Saturday the 13th against Millonarios.

With gestures of disappointment and sadness, in an act of trying to sell more, players like Natalia Giraldo, goalkeeper of the scarlet teamthey asked for accompaniment: “You have to accompany us, there are very few of them, support us more”.

Responding to this publication, Tulio Gómez, former president of América, reminded the fans of the position the women's team is in. “Incredible, only 14 tickets sold. The best team in the league. And we are the best fans in Colombia”.

América de Cali currently occupies the first position in Colombian professional soccer. This Saturday at 7 pm they will face millionaires, an attractive duel in which the “red” will try to end the undefeated team from the capital. Until now, there has been no statement regarding the increase in ticket sales from the club.