*The Venezuelan César Farías stopped being the coach of América de Cali after a very complicated semester in which he did not achieve the results to get into the group stage of the Conmebol Sudamericana and the quadrangulars of the Colombian League.
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Tulio Gómez explained the reasons why coach César Farías left. Photo taken from the Antena 2 portal.
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The strategist arrived to replace Lucas González after his departure in January and the non-arrival of the Argentine Ricardo Gareca to the club, who ended up signing with the Chilean National Team.
After what happened, the largest shareholder of América de Cali, Tulio Gómez, in an interview with the newspaper El País de Cali spoke about everything surrounding the departure of the strategist and the poor campaign of the Scarlet team.
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The departure of César Farías
“Undoubtedly the failure in the Copa Suramericana and in the League… all of that influenced too much to make a decision; but the other thing was that we noticed that the atmosphere in the team had become very heavy, there was intolerance on his part in some situations, and conflicts arose within the group; That’s why we made the decision to cut corners.”
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The atmosphere that surrounded the Venezuelan coach
“The fans didn’t like Farías, nor did the press; and the best thing for a group is harmony, but this time there was none because some situations arose. We talked about that and agreed to cut off the process.”
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America’s next coach
“When America loses a game, three or five resumes immediately arrive. But we are going to take the time to decide that situation. We have two months to see which coach the team would like. We go without pause and without hurry. “We have many candidates, many resumes, we have to analyze the issue well.”
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The departure of some players from America
“The idea is that about seven players leave so that four very good players arrive. The idea is to consolidate a process, what happens is that this does not happen overnight, but we are working to have a good team between now and December.”
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The hostility of the fans due to the bad campaign
“We have no threats, just a bad atmosphere due to bad results. They have not threatened anyone. The Gareca issue and his not coming happened because Chile offered him a million-dollar contract with which we could not compete. What there is is pressure, but not threats.”
