During the afternoon of last Friday, the Alberto Gallardo stadium was the scene of the detonation of a bomb. An explosive that has been charging in recent weeks and that, after the draw against César Vallejo (1-1), exposed the worst side of Sporting Cristal in a season that seemed to begin with the rhythm of samba and good football. Little remains of that today and the continuity of Tiago Nunes on the ‘celestial’ bench it seems to be extinguishing, like the patience of a fan that continues without finding answers in the leadership and in the footballers.
If something became clear after the final whistle of the game, it is that the fans from Rima supported the Brazilian coach: “Cheers, Nunes”, was heard loudly from the west tribune. To the players, on the contrary, they blurted out claims, insults and all kinds of expressions that summed up his disagreement with a team that has not been able to measure up as expected.
a broken glass
Sporting Cristal It has been exposed not only footballingly –a team without ideas, disconnected, devoid of rebellion and very far from what was seen a few months ago–, but also from within, something that should be unique and exclusive for the technical command and the players . The discussion between Tiago Nunes and Yoshimar Yotún In front of all the fans, it was the faithful reflection of a split team, where leadership is confused with imposition and respect for the institution they defend is at the bottom of their list of priorities.
That image of Nunes celebrating the victory over Nacional de Asunción, where the emotion overcame him and he ended up running on the athletic track, was very far from these days and seems like an old memory from a distant time that will not return. The same one that was seen after the victory over Huracán, with the National Stadium full and a fan that was proud that his club had once again become great in an international setting.
The resignation of Tiago Nunes It ends up being the consequence of many causes, which will never be as clear as the one that was seen in the same stadium: a disunited group and a rupture that seems irreconcilable as long as the terms remain the same. At this time of the morning, the managers continue talking with the Brazilian to convince him to continue, however, time is running out and everything will depend on whether the coach himself feels supported.
In 2020, when Sporting Cristal The season began full of doubts and defeats under the command of Manuel Barreto, Jorge Cazuloa benchmark and captain of that team, said something that could well help many of those who are at the club today to take it into account: “I don’t like that among people from Cristal we don’t take care of ourselves, I’m not going to speak ill of people or anyone who belongs to the club. The things that I have to say I will always say behind closed doors. This sentence is not mine, it is from Martín Fierro, a well-known book in Argentina: ‘If brothers fight, outsiders will devour them.’ I don’t want to make the game so that outsiders get hold of it, so that they see a weakened Crystal”.
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