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, along with other directors, reflected on his tenure 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 are not related to 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 a very tough year, especially on the sports side. We feel responsible for what happened in sports, 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 Iván Delfino because of 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 alternative, he was available and had the ability. The idea was to save 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 the AFA is good, but the other clubs in the division have been with the AFA for years and also have a very good relationship. In fact, we have an invitation from the AFA to compete in the First Division with the youth teams and the Reserve.”

On the youth 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 help ease things.”

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 very hard and I thank them for everything they have done selflessly, and they led Colón very well these past two years.”

And he concluded: “The football side was unfortunate, we didn’t expect this campaign, we knew it would be difficult. It was a sports problem in the first division. 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.