Coach Harold Rivera left the bench of Independiente Santa Fe after his team lost 2-0 at home to Atlético Nacional, in a Colombian league pending game, and will qualify the capital for the semifinal home runs of the tournament in doubt.
“Harold Rivera is stepping aside,” club president Eduardo Méndez said at a press conference.
The quarterback thus ends his second leg in the Bogotá team, leaving it in ninth place with 23 points, while in the Copa Sudamericana the Cardenales are third in Group G with four points, the result of a win against Gimnasia de La Silver , a draw with Goias in Brazil and a loss with Universitario in Peru.
However, the team’s performance has been strongly criticized by fans who asked President Méndez for the quarterback’s resignation.
Before the departure of Rivera, who had arrived this year to replace Uruguayan Alfredo Arias, Méndez said “the board of directors has been convened and we will make a decision on what comes next” and said he has not yet appointed a technician to the leadership, something that is expected to happen in the next few hours.
To find its place in the league, Santa Fe must try to get two wins in the last two days of the tournament, hosting the eliminated Atlético Huila and visiting Once Caldas, who are last in the tournament.
Source: El heraldo
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