The 2022 completion tournament title became the first won by Deportivo Pereira in its 78-year history. Photo Juan Sebastien Hainaut

He Deportivo Pereira lives the best moment of its 79-year history, since after winning its first title at the Betplay League He is no longer threatened with relegation and in April he will make his debut in an international tournament, which is the Conmebol Libertadores.

However, an outstanding issue in the table matecana This is the institutional part, since it has been in liquidation for years due to the debts that it had been dragging for a long time and was on the verge of disappearance, in addition to being in the First B for many many years.

lucky for him Pereiraits players, its workers and its supporters, the Risaraldense team no longer suffers from these problems which have once again threatened it with losing its trophy of the Betplay Leagueparticipation in the Libertadores and losing the category.

Daniel Silva Orrego, representative of Risaraldaconfirmed that the Pereira eventually received sporting recognition from the Ministry of Sportswhich allows the club to participate in professional football competitions in the country and to solve its institutional problems

“Today I want to share some news that makes all the fans of our Deportivo Pereira very happy. As a fan and member of the board of directors, I want to inform you that a few minutes ago the sporting was issued by the Ministry to the new company Deportivo Pereira Fútbol Club SA,” the official said.

silvawho is also a member of Pereira’s board, assured that the rumors about the difficulties the team would have had come to an end matecana participate in tournaments of both Colombia as at international level: “This recognition removes any myth, legend, superstition, comment that I was going to be relegated or that I was not going to play in the Copa Libertadores.”

Daniel Silva Orrego, representative of Risaralda, confirmed that Pereira already has sporting recognition
Daniel Silva Orrego, representative of Risaralda, confirmed that Pereira already has sporting recognition

“We have this decision from the Ministry of Sports and since the previous week, Dimayor and the Colombian Football Federation have recognized the right to affiliation,” added the MP for Risaralda and invited fans to support the team in the match of March 17 in front of the Purslane.

“Any comments or suspicions that Deportivo Pereira have been left in limbo are removed, so we will meet again tomorrow at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium for the game against Nacional,” he reported.

Since 2022 that the Deportivo Pereira was in the eye of the storm due to his legal situation, especially during the Tournament Completion because executives from other professional groups had denounced that the achievements obtained by the club were illegal, since at the time they had no sporting recognition.

Journalist Alejandro Pino reported on December 7, 2022 that there was “fever in the Dimayor” because the Risaraldense team were saving the category, playing home runs at that time and were about to secure a place in an international tournament without having solved the problem. of the sports card, which previously belonged to the Social Sporting and Cultural Society of Pereira then passed into the hands of the corporate name Deportivo Pereira FCSAfounded in October of the same year.

However, both the Senior Division President, Fernando Jaramillolike that of Colombian Association of Professional Footballers (Acolfutpro), Carlos González Puche, assured at the time that all matecana It never risked losing the category due to sports recognition as it was in the process of negotiating to become a limited company.

Now that the Deportivo Pereira He has a break in the institutional part, he is preparing his engagement on Friday March 17 against Atlético Nacional at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, on the ninth date of the Betplay League and with the obligation to win to continue in the first eight classifieds.

The technique Alejandro Restrepo would modify part of the squad which fell 2-1 against Golden Eagleson Sunday March 12, including the inclusion of Geisson Perea make a line of four defenders and who would come out of the starting lineup would be Yilmar Velazquez.

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