Victor Godano: "It’s been a tough year, especially on the football side" | OneFootball

Víctor Godano is going through his last week as president of Colón, since the elections will be held on Sunday the 30th and the new authorities will take office on Monday, December 1st.

Therefore, just days before leaving the club, Godano, together with other directors, reflected on his management both institutionally and in sports. In a conversation with the official program Sangre y Luto on Aire de Santa Fe 91.1, he spoke about all the topics.

Godano’s sports and institutional assessment

“We wanted to give visibility to things that have nothing to do with football. Although football is the most important thing, Colón is not just football, and that’s why we gave importance to all those areas when we took office,” were his first words.

He then added: “It was an extremely tough year, especially in the sports area. We feel responsible for what happened on the sporting side, but institutionally we are doing well.”

Regarding the sports policy carried out, Godano said: “The problem was exclusively sports-related. We did everything within our reach: longer training camps, psychological work, traveling by plane, and the best possible conditions.”

“We made bets like bringing in Iván Delfino for his experience, but wearing the Colón jersey is not easy. There are players who shined elsewhere and didn’t perform here,” assured the sabalero president.

Regarding the choice of Ezequiel Medrán, he said: “He was an option, he was available and had the ability. The idea was to keep Minella for the youth teams and think about next year, not about an immediate qualification.”

In another part of the conversation, he spoke about Colón’s relationship with the AFA: “The relationship with AFA is good, but the other clubs in the category have years in AFA and a very good relationship as well. In fact, we have an invitation from AFA to compete in the First Division in the youth and Reserve teams.”

About the development project, Godano stated: “Colón has to sell players to survive. Our project is based on the youth teams. We will receive $250,000 from Racing for Forneris, which will be a relief.”

At the end of the conversation, Bicho left a message for the fans: “I want to tell the members that I would divide the management into the sports and institutional parts. The subcommittees worked tremendously hard and I thank them for everything they have done selflessly and for leading Colón very well these past two years.”

And he concluded: “The football side was regrettable, we did not expect this campaign, we knew it would be difficult. It was a first division sports problem. I want to apologize for having let you down, to the people who voted for us and trusted us. It wasn’t enough.”

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