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Mario Alejandro González couldn’t believe it. His Santa Fe, in which he was born as a footballer almost 17 years ago, lost the first leg of the BetPlay League final 3-0 against América de Cali, an unexpected result.
“I was surprised, because generally you don’t get such loose results. A 3-0, although it is not an impossible score to overcome, it does give America some tranquility and also puts tension in Santa Fe. It was a surprise because of the Santa Fe campaign, because of his regularity and his way of playing; because I know the work of Harold (Rivera) and I know that he is never so exposed on a scoreboard, “said Mario in a talk with FUTBOLRED.
González Castro was also surprised because he knows the coaching staff and knows that the bulky result was a hard blow to his careful work: “I had the opportunity to work with Harold and Chalo (Gonzalo Martínez) in Unión Magdalena, in the B Tournament. I know Harold’s work closely, I think it is very good, because he mixes methodologies and he is also a leader, who has good group management, and they make a great team with Chalo ”.
He currently works at the Club Campestre de Medellín, training young soccer players. He finished his coaching course at Adfa, and wants to make the move to high-level and competitive football.
From Medellín, where he has lived for four years with Katherine, his wife, and their two children, Matías and Thiago, the 37-year-old from Bogotá attended this portal and his request: Mario defeated, and by a landslide, an unexpected leukemia, when he was playing for Millionaires in 2014, right on August 25, his birthday. For this reason, and because he is from Santa Fe, he was inspired and sent a motivating message for the current squad of the Bogota express, of which he knows some players, and the coaching staff, as well as his leadership.
These are the words of Mario González to the 2020 League finalist, Harold Rivera’s Santa Fe:
“It seems almost impossible to think of going back three goals. More with the background that in short tournaments that difference has not been traced. But I tell you that in life there are no impossibilities, especially when it is in God’s hand, that is how things can be achieved.
Everything indicates that it will be complicated, that it will not be easy to overcome this final. But I have seen something, and it is that Santa Fe, as its name says, is a team that has always been used to fighting things, not giving up, and I think that there is the key: to have that holy faith. , giving everything, fighting and trusting each one.
Soccer, like life, is unpredictable. And when those difficult moments come, of adversity, that one does not expect, it is when one has to believe from the inside that things can be overcome.
It is a beautiful opportunity to mark history, to show what you are made of: tenacity and faith.
My illness was something unexpected, it took me and my family by surprise. At that moment it became the most difficult game in life, where a championship or three points was no longer at stake, if my life was not at stake. That fight began then, that conviction that things were going to turn out well, and that one day he would be on the courts again, and it did. Today we put him in the role of Santa Fe, in which for many the most important game of their lives is played, and like me they have to play it with their hearts. With the blessing of God, with the support of the fans, I know that you are going to be able to overcome that 3-0 and you will bring joy to the fans, to you and to your families.
I had the opportunity to score a goal for America playing for Santa Fe. And you know that, apart from the fact that it is a final, it is against a team of the greats, and knowing that the rival has that respect also motivates.
To Harold and Chalo, I know that you are very good professionals and great people. Those six months in which I was with you, I learned about your work, your passion for soccer, your right thoughts, and you have the way for the boys to achieve the feat. With a lot of faith, I know they are going to make it and get over that misstep.
I take it to Santa Fe in the biggest space of my heart, although the other teams are also there and I am grateful. But my path began on the express, there I was born as a footballer and I learned the values of sport: the claw, the love for a jersey and the faith to overcome adversity.
Be positive and leave no room for doubt. You leave with the faith and assurance that you will achieve it.
Come on guys, let’s go for the feat and the star!
