Marcos Díaz speaks out: "The squad did nothing for me" | OneFootball

The end of Marcos Díaz's cycle at Colón did not go unnoticed. The historic goalkeeper, who returned to the club with the hope of experiencing one last great year at his football home, ended up leaving amid tensions, silences, internal differences, and a breakup he himself described as painful and avoidable. His statements after the termination revealed a background that the fans were unaware of and now exposes the depth of the conflict.

In an extensive interview given to La Central Deportiva de Cadena 3 Santa Fe, Díaz reviewed point by point what happened, pointed at the directors, the coaching staff, and the team itself, and described a relationship that wore down until it broke with no possibility of return.

Regarding his year at Colón, he did not hesitate to admit the emotional blow he experienced: “It is not the year I would have wanted to have for everything, for me, for the club that saw me born, because the expectation and the illusion were different and I would have wanted reality to be different”. And there he began to reveal the background of his conflict with the management: “I was surprised to be left out so far in advance, by the management, I never thought it could happen to me and more so without giving me an explanation”.

In that context, he also directly pointed at the coach: “After what happened with the coach, I couldn't have a conversation with the management to give me an explanation”. Díaz recounted his disagreement with Minella: “Minella separated me, because of what happened in the match I didn't travel to Chaco, where I was also surprised because we had talked about it and everything was clear, we had apologized to each other and everything was clear”, and he continued saying: “Then he argued a lack of respect which I explained to him when he gave me the news, that it wasn't as he thought, I never disrespected him or my teammates”.

Then came one of his strongest statements: “I was surprised that Minella lied the way he did”. According to Díaz, his absence from the trip was due to personal reasons: “I didn't like the way it was handled, I was going through a tough time that week because of what had happened, I explained it to the management and my teammates, I needed to rest mentally, that's why I asked not to travel, but never disrespecting anyone, that's why I'm at peace”.

The goalkeeper said he spoke with several key players before the trip: “I talked to my teammates before the trip and they understood, they took the opportunity to make the decision they made”. However, he also harshly criticized the team itself: “They let go of my hand, after what happened there were no more talks, we were going to have a meeting that never happened, from their side, I was always available and waiting for that meeting that ultimately didn't happen, it surprised and hurt me, it wasn't the time to do that considering how the group was”.

Díaz also stated that he wanted to continue supporting: “I told Medrán that I would be there for whatever was needed, not necessarily to play, I wanted to be part of the group, because I was part of it, responsible for the situation and had to be there, no one ever gave me any explanation”. And he added another deep criticism: “The group didn't do anything for me either, it also surprised me, I'm at peace because I'm straightforward, there was no turning back from the team, I would have liked that if there was something they would tell me”.

His feeling of isolation deepened: “I thought we were all going to be on the same page when Medrán arrived, it seems I was a very bad person and didn't realize it”, he said with a clearly ironic tone. And he continued: “I always faced things, no one can reproach me for that, it hurts that they behaved badly with me, they should have picked up the phone and not the coach telling me it was the management's decision”.

Regarding his actions, he insisted: “I thought I handled myself well, I always behaved the same way, I spoke and always aimed in the same direction, trying to move forward, I never spoke ill of a teammate, I felt I had to be with the group”. And he confessed how it affected him: “I felt like I was the group's problem, and the situation remained the same, I talked to Medrán and tried to return to the group, I wanted to be back with the team”. Later he added: “I was put in a situation that had nothing to do with it”.

He even recounted personal conversations: “I knew Pulga from having faced him, I had a talk with him, tried to make everything clear, but it never happened that I could return”. And he added another example: “I thought I had a good relationship with Gigliotti, but after all this I see that I didn't, as I say with him I say with the whole team, it seems I was the rotten apple, it was made clear to me, I had no support”.

The pain for what he had to live through

Díaz explained that he had never experienced anything like this: “I had never experienced something like this and never had problems with anyone, this also helps me to know how to face certain situations from now on”. And he questioned the team's collective direction: “Every day I ask myself what happened to Colón this year, we had started well with a big idea and expectation, I don't know what happened that everything was lost”.

He also criticized the lack of gestures: “I never received a message or call from anyone, I would have liked the person who spoke to me recently to have done so at that moment”. And he denied rumors about his departure: “It's a lie that I never wanted to settle to terminate, no one called me before to look for a way out and the cut happened at another time, I never found answers from the other side”.

Finally, he closed his chapter with a phrase as heartfelt as it was definitive: “My time at Colón is closed, because it wasn't how I would have wanted, my revenge was on the field, from the outside it's not the same, unfortunately, I've already closed it in my mind because it's not what I wanted, I had another illusion, it hurts and it will continue to hurt, it cannot be reversed from another side”.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.