The celebration of going to the Colombia Cup final was quite expensive for the Mexican coach Efrain Juarez with his Atlético Nacional team by imposing a judge from Medellín a sanction of being able to attend a stadium in Colombia in the next 3 to 5 years.
This sanction is the main news in the sports press in the coffee-growing nation.especially because they consider that the penalty on the Aztec coach is very excessive, since in addition to this sanction, he will also have to pay a very high fine of close to 26 million Colombian pesos (approximately 120 Mexican pesos).
For a moment it was thought that the sanction was unofficial, but the newspaper El Tiempo confirmed the harsh sanction as a result of the excessive way in which the Aztec coach celebrated his club’s passage to the grand final of the Cup last Sunday.
Regarding the sanction, inspector María Alzate established that the penalty was for “inciting physical or verbal aggression or damage to sports, public, residential or commercial infrastructure”, but without clarifying whether the penalty corresponded to the entire Colombian country as the newspapers El Tiempo and El Colombiano handled it, but later on the radio station W, the journalist Pipe Sierra managed that the punishment only covers the city of Medellín.
The causes of the sanction
Mexico soccer coach Efraín Juárez celebrated too effusively the passage of his Atlético Nacional team to the grand final of the Colombia Cup, causing several outbreaks of violence by the fans of Independiente de Medellín, for which he had to confront the local police.
This celebration could cost Efraín Juárez dearly 🇲🇽. Various media outlets suggest that he could receive a three-year sanction without entering stadiums in that country, in addition to 26 million pesos. Unusual. Here if the: “they are killing football” applies.😳🏟️pic.twitter.com/trxV7IZ07d
— Julio Rodríguez (@julioordz10) November 20, 2024
Juárez after that celebration entered along with his players to the locker room and then go to the press conference where the security forces showed up to escort him out of the Colombian team’s building, justifying his behavior in an attempt to celebrate the victory with the directors of Atlético Nacional.
“Those of us below are in tremendous palpitations.I don’t know, if they had taken my blood pressure I would probably explode. Understanding that was never my intention, I really apologize if they felt that way… if the Medellín fans were upset, it was not for them.”
What awaits Efraín Juárez.
For now, the legal advisors of Atlético Nacional have already filed an appeal and according to journalistic versions reported by the newspaper El Colombiano, the Aztec strategist will continue with his normal activities to prepare and direct in the next Cup final, without there being so far the possibility of a cessation due to force majeure.
😳 The national police went to the press conference to take away Efraín Juárez, coach of Atlético Nacional.
🚨 The coach celebrated angrily at the end and that warmed up the DIM fans. pic.twitter.com/XMuTUuvR50
— Toque Sports (@ToqueSports) November 18, 2024
“The club will appeal immediately, but in the meantime it does not start operating, Therefore, the coach will be able to direct the championship matches for the moment. “It seems like an absurd decision to us, more political than sporting. We hope that the case is reviewed and the Mexican coach can continue to carry out his duties without problems in Colombia,” the version of the aforementioned coffee media outlet handled.
The mayor of Medellín rejects the sanction
Once the sanction was known by the Medellín judge, The reactions against this excessive punishment were immediate. like that of the mayor of the aforementioned city where last Sunday the Mexican coach Efraín Juárez celebrated the victory over Atlético Nacional in style and for which he has been punished.
Government official Federico Gutiérrez exploded and showed his rejection of the authorities of that city after the punishment imposed on the Mexican strategist Efraín Juárez after the incidents in the duel between Deportivo Independiente de Medellín and Atlético Nacional in the Colombia Cup.
Absurd. I do not agree with the decision in the first instance of an official who sanctions the Nacional coach with 3 years without being able to enter the Stadium. The inspector who makes this wrong decision only needed to expel him from the city. It seems like a measure to me…
— Fico Gutiérrez (@FicoGutierrez) November 20, 2024
Fico Gutiérrez assured that the sanction is ‘disproportionate’ by the authorities and ironically said that the inspector in charge of carrying The only thing missing in the case was ‘expelling him from the city’, the Colombian mayor highlighted.
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