“Agustín Julio will be in charge. Starting today, we set ourselves the task of analyzing resumes, but we don’t want to rush,” the president of Independiente Santa Fe, Eduardo Méndez, said at a press conference on April 25.
The era of the former goalkeeper began in the best way, beating Jaguares 4-0, which allows them to place themselves in the eighth box of the Colombian championship after the defeat of Once Caldas against Cali, 1-0.
Agustín was glued to the line for 90 minutes giving instructions and officiating as the technical director of this new Santa Fe. However, the fans were left wondering about the official list, since Grigori Méndez appeared on it as coach. In fact, it was Grigori who attended the official press conference after the game.
This Monday it was learned that said decision was due to the fact that Julio does not have a professional license as a technician and that, in accordance with the FPC regulations, prevents him from holding the position as a property coach.
The rival, Jaguares de Córdoba, announced in a statement that it will use legal remedies before the disciplinary commission of the Dimayor championship, for the events incurred in the match against Santa Fe. “In the match, Mr. Agustín Julio appears on the list as a delegate; however, in reality he did not act as such (delegate), but was the one who directed the match as technical director for the capital team, thus violating article 40 of the BetPlay Dimayor I 2022 League Regulations “, team posted.
Agustín Julio spoke with ESPN and announced his position on the decision made by the Montería team. “These are legal issues, and that was analyzed at the time. Here they already know how to argue things and we are calm in that sense, I am calm personally. I think is what happens on the pitch”, he told the program split ball.
After this altercation, Julio talked about his future. “It is not the first time that I have had this responsibility. I have done it in the Copa Libertadores and in the Colombian tournament. Previous managers have given me the opportunity to learn and I put that learning not only on the line, but also on the training pitch. Let’s hope that the road and life show me what to do, in football everything is uncertain”, he replied to Jorge ‘el Patron’ Bermudez.
“These teams today, like soccer, require you to be dynamic and aggressive at the same time, having many variants, with unbalanced players and good mid-range players. Santa Fe has many variants, the scaffolding is in knowing the team and having people by your side who contribute to you”, Agustín said with propriety explaining one by one the virtues of his best players.
For his part, Eduardo Méndez, maximum leader of the cardinals, explained: “It makes me sad that these minutiae are seen when it is clear that we, to avoid any violation of the rule, registered Grigori as technical director. Julio participates not only with Méndez, but with the DTs who went through the bench. The rule is clear and says who should be there and that each one occupies the position for which they were registered and there is no limitation for any of them. Augustine always intervenes in a more active way than another. In addition, invoking the norm has nothing that will affect the points for our institution”.
“It’s absurd, that’s why I proposed in the Dimayor, at some point, to avoid resorting to so many small rules and looking for how the results of a match are broken, that they put whoever is going to demand an amount of money, and so with that think very well if I wear or not disciplinary justice “, concluded on ESPN.
