The first relegation of 2023 was defined on Saturday, in Santa Marta, in a match that ended in the worst way for the Magdalena Union, on the field and in the stands. The 1-2 defeat against Bucaramanga sentenced him to return to the second division, and had to leave the field amid the insults and pebbles thrown by his own fans, hurt because it is the fourth time they have fallen to B.
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I want to apologize to all the Unión Magdalena fans for not having been able to achieve the goal.
The championship system in Colombia It gives Unión the option of getting into the top eight of the League, despite already being sentenced to relegation. They could even become champion in December, but without playing in the Copa Libertadores if they achieve it.
Unión’s new sporting failure is not from now: it began from the moment it was promoted, a horrible campaign in the first half of 2022 (it made just 11 points in 20 games and is still last). And to that was added a first half of 2023 to be forgotten, of only 19 points. Three technicians passed by: Carlos Silva, Claudio Rodríguez and now Harold Rivera, who tried to get him afloat, without success.
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“I want to apologize to all the Unión Magdalena fans for not having been able to achieve the goal. We are sad. “This is perhaps the worst press conference I could have,” Rivera said.
I put my experience, my work, and honesty to work, to see this Union in the A. It was not possible.
“We came to an institution that we love. The challenge was not easy and we measured it up. Not everyone is measured. I put my experience, my work, and honesty to work, to see this Union in the A. It was not possible. This does not make me the worst, nor when we have won does that make me the best. It’s a chapter that had to happen. Tomorrow the sun rises again and I go with my head held high”he added.
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What kept Unión alive until Saturday, although with an artificial respirator, was the collapse of Jaguares, Envigado and Once Caldas in this semester.
Everyone looks towards Cali
Those bad campaigns are the ones that still They keep Atlético Huila on the brink of the holy oils, thanks to the championship system: the Opitas only count, for relegation, with what they did this year. The other three teams have not yet been saved mathematically.
Huila, which has just begun its project with Independiente del Valle, is obliged to win its three remaining games and wait for results. This Monday he visits América (8 pm). If he achieves this, he must expect results: that Once Caldas does not score more than two points, that Jaguares does not get more than one or that Envigado loses everything.
Any stumble by Huila tonight will send him to B and the battle of 2024 will begin, which will have other protagonists.
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