'A historic step': Colón to join AFA futsal from April, says Accaramboni | OneFootball

The Atlético Colón Club is celebrating. Futsal, the club's second most followed discipline after professional football, has made a historic qualitative leap by confirming its official entry into the tournaments organized by the Argentine Football Association. Federico Accaramboni, the general coordinator of the discipline, provided details on the ADN program of Radio Gol 96.7 about this long-awaited achievement.

Accaramboni explained that this advancement is the result of years of work and a fluid dialogue with the AFA authorities, noting that "about three years ago I started talks with the president of AFA in futsal, Jonathan Sanzi." The process accelerated over the past year until "the new board of directors accepted what is the entry to AFA." The team will compete in Category D, in a tournament that will begin in April, which the leader described as "tough," since it has approximately "30 teams divided into two zones."

Regarding infrastructure, the club has top-level facilities. "The club has a spectacular court, something that the AFA president highly praised," stated the coordinator. The main logistical challenge will be organizing the matches, as it will involve "trips to Buenos Aires every 15 days." In terms of sports, although the base will be the Santafesina League team, Accaramboni warned that "Colón needs to strengthen with the best available in the area" due to the demands of the national level.

In addition to the men's team, the success of the women's branch was highlighted, which has had an outstanding performance since its creation in 2023: "of 6 official tournaments played, it won 5." Accaramboni concluded by defining the essence of the discipline by explaining that "futsal is physically more similar to basketball than to football due to the short sprints and dimensions," inviting everyone to be part of what will be "this great year of futsal, which is something historic."

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