São Caetano avoids WO after resorting to the base, but is beaten 9-0 and the president publishes ‘textão’ on social networks

If this Saturday (24) the Ajax beat VVV 13-0 in the Eredivisie and remains firm and strong up front About the competition, another win also gave us something to talk about today, but in a not so positive way. For the eighth round of the first phase of Serie D of brazilian championshipSão Caetano was defeated 9-0 at Anacleto Campanella by Pelotas and revealed the serious crisis it is going through.

After a week of strike by professional athletes, employees and service providers due to salary delays, the São Paulo club did not comply with WO in the appointment this Saturday. The event simply did not happen because the São Caetano board of directors chose a team full of players from their base categories to face the opponent from Rio Grande do Sul. A total of 16 athletes gathered, some from U16 and others from U17. .

Azulão does not pay salaries for four months and the image rights of the players are also delayed for five months. That was one of the reasons, even, why the former club coach Alexandre Gallo resigned. The declaration that the athletes of São Caetano would not face Pelotas in Serie D came from the Union of Professional Athletes of the State of São Paulo (Sapesp), which decreed the suspension of activities at the club.

In addition to salary arrears, the club’s players also complain that they did not receive the awards related to the achievements of the Copa Paulista 2019 and the Serie A2 of Paulistão this year, in addition to the 13, FGTS and housing assistance. The crisis in São Caetano is the result of a political fight between a former investor and the president of the company that manages São Caetano football.

With five points added in eight Serie D games, São Caetano is the flashlight of Group 8, which now has Pelotas as the leader with 15 added. After 9-0, the club’s president, Nairo Freitas, published an official note, through Azulão’s social networks, and praised the players who entered the field this Saturday, despite the elastic score.

“I, Nairo Ferreira, president of AD São Caetano, come through this note to praise the athletes who entered the field today. We know that the desire of some was that we did not get on the court, the shameful WO that, thanks to the commitment of the true lovers of the club, did not occur. Nobody goes out onto the field to lose, but this is a common result in competitions. One loses, another wins. What we have to glorify these warriors, under God, was courage and determination. Even with back wages and other reasons that could put them off, it was fighting. The outcome of the match will not overshadow the brilliance of these Blue Warriors. They entered the history of this humble club with praise, exceeded expectations, went to war, came back wounded, but did not abandon their coat of arms. Without a doubt, your family and friends will be very proud of you. I promise to dedicate myself taking this attitude of yours as an example, I will spare no effort to put the economic life of the club in order, and that in the near future you will be even more proud of having worn the Azulão do ABC jersey. Soccer can go through difficulties, but not be ashamed of the refusal to enter the field, ”he wrote.