Unión’s message on another anniversary of the 2003 flood | OneFootball

It has been 23 years since the Santa Fe flood, when the brutal rise of the Salado River spilled into the city streets, sweeping away everything in its path. Just as Colón’s Brigadier López stadium produced shocking images, Unión also experienced it firsthand, as some players and their families were affected by the water disaster.

Among the squad players who, in June 2003, would end up being relegated, the most affected were Marcelo Mosset and Cristian Olivera, while Martín Valli also had family members who went through a very hard time in Recreo. Unión had to move its home matches to Patronato’s stadium in Paraná, since, like Colón, it was not granted permission to postpone its games.

That was a heavy blow for Unión, which would end up being relegated—the division it had fought so hard to regain with the promotion achieved in 1996 under Carlos Alberto Trullet and several club youngsters who put the club among the elite of national football.

The flood, firsthand at Unión

“The only thing I was able to take out was training camp clothes in case we had to come, clothes for the kids, and nothing else. First I want to see my family, my parents who were left in Santo Tomé, since the Carretero Bridge was cut off and I had no other way to get to Santa Fe. It was an awful situation. I’m very anxious to see my family,” Diego Olivera had said.

Meanwhile, Marcelo Mosset, now working in the club’s youth academy and at that time one of the young players in the Unión squad, had revealed: “There are no words. The images said a lot, but nothing conveys the people’s pain. We had to keep going because the AFA had not decided what to do with Unión; we couldn’t show up without training for the match against Chacarita. We will now try to organize things so life can go on as normal. It was very emotional because when we arrived in Buenos Aires we saw the aid centers for Santa Fe, and we are very grateful. Thank God, the people are still standing.”

Just minutes ago, Unión used its social media to post a brief but deeply heartfelt message.

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