06/27/2024 20:41hs.
The most winning club in the Argentine Volleyball League, UPCNwho knew how to be archrival of Bolivar by Marcelo Tinelli and he won four of the nine titles that he embroidered on his shirt, he slammed the door and announced that he was leaving the competition. Basically, for being against the format and pointing to alleged favoritism for Ciudad, the club announced a stoppage in the competition for an indefinite period.
Simply put, it means that a heavyweight – in every sense – is leaving the championship. For better understanding, It’s as if Boca or River left football. Because although the two Super clubs play in the League, they do not have the budget or the record that decorates the history of the San Juan team, banked by the union of civil personnel of the Nation.
The UPCN vs. Bolivar finals were packed.
UPCN, besides being the most successful, is the black sheep of volleyball, it is true, but at the same time, the one that has been playing the most seasons (17) It has been trying to present the best possible teams, hiring foreigners despite the ups and downs of the economy, filling its stadium and even taking its fans from north to south and east to west..
Since the 2009/10 League, 13 editions have been played (one was interrupted due to the coronavirus), and Gremio reached the final in 12several of which coincided with the weakest periods of the tournament, such as in 2020/21, a title that it won over just six other teams.
Ciudad was left without its rival from the last four finals (2-2).
UPCN, then, with some tantrums and the not very politically correct ways of its president Pepe Villa, in its own way It is the institution that has done the most for volleyball in recent yearsespecially on the field, generating rivalries, raising the bar and even representing the country abroad in the best way.
Without the Guild, now the challenge of an Argentine League that is becoming less and less known and that has returned to being “niche” It’s how to be competitive. How to find the UPCN in a City that, today, without having hit the ball, is already doing the Olympic lap.
