Colón’s champions cursed, Lértora out to break the spell | OneFootball

Since their return to Primera Nacional, Colón tried to rebuild by looking back. The 2021 title was much more than a star: it was an identity, an emotional and footballing anchor. That’s why the management understood that surrounding themselves with champions was a way to recover that winning DNA. Reality turned out to be very different.

Far from strengthening the team, many of those returns ended up marked by frustrations, conflicts, and quiet departures. The champion’s aura, instead of lighting the way, seemed to become an unbearable burden.

Finals without glory at Colón for the heroes of San Juan

The first blow was Paolo Goltz, a symbol of leadership who never managed to establish himself in a chaotic environment. His farewell was more about exhaustion than recognition.

Then came the conflict with Facundo Garcés, who went through all of 2024 and ended up leaving as a free agent, at odds with the club and trapped by inherited contractual decisions that harmed him. Another champion who left amid noise and without peace.

Tomás Sandoval and Nicolás Leguizamón chose to emigrate due to a lack of opportunities, leaving the club without pain or glory. The story repeated itself: champions who left without leaving a mark in the second division.

The case of Christian Bernardi was even more sensitive. Two seasons far from his best, an image of emotional breakdown, and a completely silent exit. The scorer of a goal in the historic final said goodbye without tributes, as if that memory no longer existed.

And the hardest chapter was Luis Rodríguez. The club’s greatest idol returned as the last card, but ended up sidelined and given leave. His departure, agreed upon for financial reasons, left a bitter feeling: the most decisive player in the club’s history left through the back door.

Lértora and a return that revives the debate

In this context appears Federico Lértora, another member of the championship squad. His signing, driven more by management than by a need from the coaching staff, reopened old debates. He arrives after several years in Mexico, but with a long period of inactivity and without being a sporting priority.

The coach already had Ignacio Antonio and Matías Muñoz, a well-known and reliable duo. However, Lértora’s name once again put the same question on the table: is it useful to appeal to the past to build the future?

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