After the bitter sip of the grand final of the BetPlay Dimayor League 2024-1which did not end as expected by the more than 35,000 fans who gathered in the stands of the El Campín stadium in Bogotá, Independiente Santa Fe has already begun planning its campaign in the second half of the year, in which in addition to its participation in the competition league, will have a presence in the BetPlay Cup.
El León, who lost on penalties the possibility of winning their tenth star, elusive in the last eight years, will have to solve a difficulty that their home matches pose in the regular phase of the upcoming tournament, in the middle of the uncertainty of its fans, who had the best attendance of the last League, with an average attendance of more than 25,000 fans per game.
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The pain from the defeat at the highest level of the rented Creole will soon be behind us, Well, a greater concern for the leadership has arisen in the last month and that was finalized on Sunday, June 16, 2024, when some of the decisions that the Santa Fe club will have to make were known. Not only in the preparation of the roster to return to a very final, but also other logistical types.
The holding of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, of which Colombia will be the epicenter from August 31 to September 22, will force the first Colombian soccer champion to rethink some of its home games, taking into account that The campaign in the league competition will begin on the weekend of July 18; that is, in a month and two days, in a development that does not give much room.
As revealed Snail Radio, The president of the institution, Eduardo Méndez, requested the Major Division of Colombian Soccer (Dimayor), that the matches that will be played in the club as host, between Thursday, August 15 and Sunday, September 22, be postponed. The above, so as not to have to look for an alternative venue to the El Campín stadium, and thus miss out on million-dollar collections.
In the calendar that the Bogotá team will face, some high-impact clashes for the club stand out, which would make the option of changing the scene unfeasible. The big drawback for the capital club’s request is that, just as it could also be harmed by the orbital tournament, there are other clubs in the capital, Medellín and Cali that will also seek the approval of Dimayor so as not to be harmed.
Indeed, other clubs that will have to analyze alternatives to officiate their home matches are Millonarios, in the case of the El Campín grass field, and La Equidad, Fortaleza CEIF and Tigres, in regards to the Techo stadium; Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín in the capital of Antioquia, due to the occupation of Atanasio Girardot; and América de Cali in the Heaven’s branchby the use of Pascual Guerrero.
For the organization of local tournaments there is a “gibberish” that will be difficult to resolvesince, given the number of clubs involved, both in the First and Second Division, different ways will have to be found to comply with both the scheduled calendar and the requests made by the clubs, who do not want to be at a disadvantage with other currencies due to the lack of a stadium.
While variants are being analyzed, In the Santa Fe team, the task will be to obtain reinforcements that will allow the base to be reinforced. of players who, under the leadership of Uruguayan coach Pablo Peirano, obtained an outstanding presence in the tournament; with the return to a grand final after almost four years, since it had not advanced since 2020, when it lost the dispute against América, in times of COVID-19.
