Scandal in Gymnastics for the violent “baptisms” of young people: strong accusations at the word of the club

“Brahian Alemán’s relationship with young players has never been good”. The sentence uttered by Federico Bueno, commentator of the goalless draw between Banfield there Gym for the professional leaguelooked like a sprawling sentence as part of a simple crossover of the player with Ignatius Miramonwho committed a serious offense for which he was expelled, but was the tip of the ball to unravel the excesses committed during the baptism of the youngster who rose to the first division Lobo when the experienced midfielder wore this shirt.

The journalist Matthew Romero use this concise introduction to dive deeper into this topic. assured that German he was the leader of the group called the ninjas, in charge of welcoming those who were doing their first pre-season with the professional team. This type of reception is common in all Argentine football clubs, but what could be a simple haircut or a change of look has taken another turn in the entity of La Plata.

“The group led by Aleman entered Miramon’s room three times to conclude between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.”said on his Twitter account @taconeta_tw with reference to a situation which occurred in a howard johnson in June 2021. Franco Torres and Bruno Palazzo were, according to his description, other footballers who suffered these acts of violence. In the former’s case, Romero said he was beaten after being wrapped in sheets, while the latter suffered “the worst” as “they caught him with splinters of wood and left his thigh bleeding”.

* Miramón’s kick to Alemán in Banfield’s tie against Gimnasia

Mariano Cowen became president of Gymnastics Fencing La Plata last December and responded to accusations that arose during the tenure of his predecessor, Gabriel Pellegrino: “If there were beatings, cover someone with sheets, as they did in Colimba, we do not condone them. These are things that shouldn’t and won’t happen while I’m at the club.” “There was no sexual abuse”he clarified exhaustively in a conversation with the program Argenzuelafrom C5N.

The previously reported cases led to a three-day off-campus sanction for Alemán and Matías Pérez García, the footballers who allegedly beat the young players during the concentration led by the establishment led by Leandro Martini there Mariano Messera. The dissemination of these actions was carried out by the families of the victims, but they were not formalized in a complaint before the Justice. time later, Martini he minimized it in conversation with the program Hawks and doves For TNT Sports“It wasn’t as big as expected. everything was oversized. Things have been clarified, they have spoken, the relevant apologies have been requested and both players are already training with us again. It’s a good group, sometimes there are glitches but they’ve already been resolved”.

Contrary to, cowen He expressed his solidarity with the young people: “I spoke with some representatives and with the leaders of the campus, to make us available as a board of directors. You have to be empathetic and put yourself in the place of the one who has suffered. “Under our leadership, we are not going to allow these things and we seek to ban them. These are practices that are not fair in sport and in society”he concluded.

In this sense, the team led by coach Sebastián Romero issued a statement: “The players of the Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata men’s first division team inform members, members, fans and the general public that claims circulating about alleged ‘sexual abuse’ during 2021 pre-season are false. As a team, we discussed it and that is why we decided to express, through this press release, our dissatisfaction and our concern with the information disseminated on social networks and the media.

They then supported the determination of the main leader of the club: “We respect and support the current institutional policy which prohibits any type of “baptism”, “ritual” or “rite of passage” involving the use of physical force, and we express our rejection of all forms of violence in sport. Together with the technical staff, the board of directors and all the triperos and triperas, we will continue united, working to make gymnastics bigger and bigger”. Alemán, perhaps wanting to get away from the scandal, RTed it from his Twitter account.

The program led by Jorge Rial gives more details on the composition of the ninjas“The group was led by Brahian Alemán, and he was accompanied by Víctor Ayala, Matías Pérez García and Nelson Insfrán. It could be between seven and eight. Information that coincides with what is detailed by Matthew Romero. What should a dream of going up to Premier League turned into a nightmare “The kids couldn’t sleep thinking they were going to walk into the room and hit them with the initiation ritual”.

Moreover, it was clarified that these situations would not have occurred in the efforts of Diego Maradona, Pedro Troglio or Néstor Cap Gorosito as coaches, although brahian german played in the Lobo between 2019 and 2022, added to his first leg at the club between 2017 and 2018. In both cycles, he played a total of 144 games with 23 goals and the same number of assists.

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