He Royal Cartagenateam led by Teofilo Gutierrez, wants to continue being a protagonist and seeks to return to the First Division after 11 years. ‘Los Heroicos’ set out this year to return to bring joy to Cartagena and they are doing everything possible to regain the leading role in the Colombian Professional Soccer.
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For this year, the mayor of Cartagena and the governor of the department of Bolívar decided to make large investments for the city team. First of all, they hired the idol Christian Marrugo, who came from Santa Fe and had just played a few minutes with the capital team.
Likewise, they decided to strengthen themselves line by line and signed players with experience in the first division such as Juan Moreno, Juan Camilo Angulo, Luis Sandoval and Cristian Flórez. However, the signing that truly restored their enthusiasm was the arrival of Teófilo Gutiérrez, who was without a team after leaving Deportivo Cali.
The Barranquilla player, Junior’s idol, set out for one last mission before his retirement: promotion with Real Cartagena. With the arrival of ‘Perfume’, Real Cartagena became a serious candidate for promotion to the first division. Although in the round-robin they had ups and downs, the ‘Auriverde’ team managed to overcome adversity and qualified as third in the Final Quadrangulars of the first semester, leaving them without the possibility of the invisible point.
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In the final phases they tied in the debut against Orsomarso, lost against Huila as a visitor and won the remaining 4 games, for a balance of 13 points. However, Orsomarso made it to the final thanks to the goal difference that catapulted him to the grand final of the second division against Llaneros, who was the leader in the other group.
Although the main objective was not achieved, Real Cartagena continues to cling to the possibility of promotion to the first division. The ‘heroic’ set has two more possibilities to achieve the objective: reclassification and the closing tournament.
To achieve promotion, Real Cartagena will have to continue along the same path and retain the players it hired at the beginning of the year. Although rumors have been heard that Teófilo Gutiérrez will not continue on the team, so far neither party has commented on the matter.
On the other hand, Real Cartagena had a suitor to acquire its rights and continue with the dream of all the people of Cartagena. This is a former soccer player for the Colombian national team, who is originally from New York, but with a father from Cartagena.
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This is the former player Chelsea Cabarcas, who played on teams like Junior and Roma. Despite having grown up in the United States, her father encouraged her to watch Real Cartagena matches and fall in love with this team from a distance. Although she currently works as a journalist in the North American country, Chelsea expressed her desire to bring joy back to the ‘Auriverde’ fans.
“I want to buy Real Cartagena, in the future, when I have the opportunity, maybe in ten years, but everything can change in two years. They need those people who are there, who want the best for the team, not their pockets. I would love to be there with the bar, we have everything to be great,” Cabarcas said in an interview with El Universal.
“I want to help them build a court“At this moment I have the resources and connections to ask for help from brands to achieve this,” added the former soccer player about her desire to help the team of her loves.
