Abraham: "Colón need passion, but strong leadership off the pitch too" | OneFootball

One of the presidential candidates of Colón appeared on ADN Gol ahead of the assembly that will take place in the coming days at Sabalero and also shared thoughts on the upcoming election event that will be held on November 30.

Today at 8 PM, we are holding an informative meeting, a sort of project launch for members and the press.

It will be a pleasant meeting, the idea is for it to be a discussion-debate. We are going to explain, outline our project, our ideas for the institution. And well, afterward, we will be debating with the members and journalists. If they want to ask something, we are open to answers, no problem. Regarding what we plan to do with the 26-27 management that is coming up, right?

Well, first of all, let me tell you that Mauro Medina and I have been talking for almost a year. He has a great friendship with another very important person within our group, who is Daniel Kosiansky, the owner of the truck company Transyar, who is one of the main people within the group, I would say, if we can talk about main people, in some way.

Well, Mauro introduced me to him, let's say, very good vibes from the start, because we have a very similar synergy regarding what we think about institutions, what sports are, and what financial and business aspects are that must necessarily converge for sports matters to be successful. We progressed, I traveled to Rosario to meet with him, he came here, well, we kind of kept it under wraps, he will be part of our proposal, you will know from where. Over the weekend, he invited us to Paraná with a great, but great experience, because honestly, it is surprising to see how the TC teams work, I was surprised, I didn't think it was of the magnitude that the touring car category has in Argentina, although there were, I think, about 50,000 people, really a crazy thing.

Well, all the sponsorship, all the people surrounding it, and in that context, well, the truth is that we had a barbecue with all his sponsors, who are high-caliber companies in Argentina, and well, talking about the Colón issue, many committed their support, of course, I believe that if we are there, we will have it, especially because of the relationship they have with Mauro, which is personal and of many years, a person who has an excellent name in the world of motorsport, moreover, I think tomorrow, possibly today he was going to be here in Santa Fe for the presentation, let's see, because he had to travel to São Paulo for the Formula 1 issue. Of F1. So, well, last night we talked on the phone for a long time, and well, talking about that issue, he will try to be here tonight, depending on the flights, they are taking a charter to Brazil for Formula 1, so well, with his team, so we are a bit dependent on that. But well, in broad strokes, a person who I think, not for us as a group, which yes, obviously, but for Colón in general, is of immense value, I think we cannot waste him.

Yes, it is harmful to look little, because then minorities come and minorities do not fulfill the function they have to fulfill and the last minority that fulfilled the function was us when we had to fight against Lerche's management, we made the complaints and everything that people already know.

I think it was the last minority that worked. And sometimes when minorities work, it is very good because they save situations or expose situations as we had to do at that time where, well, maybe I didn't allow the blood to reach the river in some situation. Having said this, regarding the list, yes, I tell you, Futuro Sabalero is part of Pasión, they are different groups of people that came together for the previous election.

One of those parts of Futuro Sabalero, that's why it doesn't carry the name Futuro, but Pasión, because the name of the list is Pasión. There are other groups of people who have come together and, well, now we form a single group under that name of Pasión, of Pasión Sabalera, and that represents what all of us are. All very passionate people about the institution, with a lot of history.

In Mauro's case, well, he told me, from a very young age, being from a Sabalero family, even though he didn't live in Santa Fe, he remained linked to Colón. That was Mauro's case. The case of Javier Mercado, who is living in Buenos Aires.

There are people like Facundo Vercellone, who also has a company that is in Buenos Aires. The case of people who are, perhaps, abroad and who are also part of the group, even if they cannot be physically here in Santa Fe. A bit, that's why the name Pasión.

It represents what we believe and have always expressed in our participation in Colón. Colón needs a lot of passion, but it also needs a lot of operational, technical capacity, from a management point of view. I believe management will be fundamental.

(7:12) That's why we emphasize management so much. And well, to have management, you need to have knowledge, you need to have experience, you need to have relationships of all kinds, and you also need to have economic resources. I believe that in those areas we are completely covered by many people who are from the business, professional, commercial fields, from different university fields, from different fields that really I think make us form a group. I don't talk about a list, because we have more than 42 people working.

Today I would tell you that we are almost 80. So, counting, as I told you, people who are not in Santa Fe, counting a lot of people who contribute. So, this makes me not talk about a list, but a working group. And well, in that sense, we are going to work and we are going to be, right?

It's a good question. Look, just yesterday we incorporated a young man who is a sociologist into the group, and I promise I will ask him, because I also ask myself. Yes, the truth is, I don't know, I think many times they let themselves be carried away (9:26) by what they hear, by hearsay, you know? No, because they told me this or that, and they don't listen to what we tell them.

In this, I will talk about my group that has been working for 20 years. We have always, over the 20 years, maintained a line of conduct and philosophy of thought. Anyone who listened to us in 2006, and listens to me or us, our group now, the discourse is the same, the same.

Not a bit to the left, not a bit to the right. We don't lie to people, we tell them the truth. Sometimes the truth is costly, as I told you about Lerche, it cost us 3 periods of very tough fights where people, especially me, attacked me a lot, but they didn't realize that what we were doing was defending the club.

When they realized it was too late, and sometimes it's hard to admit you were wrong. So you have to look for some kind of issue in the other to be able to continue questioning. And well, I think this is what happened.

Fortunately, time goes by like you know, life arranges the melons. And well, I think in that sense today we are having a recognition day by day that perhaps it cost us to rebuild that issue. You asked me why they didn't vote for us, that's why I talked about us.

I think we are paying the price for that history with Lerche. Today people understand that they really need capable people, people with experience, which is what I told you before. We have many of those, not only the one speaking to you, and I speak in the first person because, well, I am a specialist in sports law, I am a specialist in companies in crisis, I don't like to brag, but it's the truth.

So people need to know. So for this moment of crisis, as I am here, there are other people on the list who have a lot of financial, economic, accounting, business qualities to contribute to the institution, and that's why we believe we are the best option. We are convinced of that, and people are starting to recognize us.

Look, we are very pleasantly surprised, because, well, these invitations we made for tonight, the truth is the place will be too small for us.

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