‘This team is led by a loser’: Santa Fe fans explode at Harold Rivera and demand his departure

Independiente Santa Fe added another defeat in the Betplay League, which was against Envigado by a score of 3-2 at the Estadio Metropolitano Ditaires in Itagüí, Antioquia, where supporters strongly criticized the coach Harold Rivera.

It is fifth game in six dates played in the Colombian championship that the Cardenal team did not winfalling to the bottom of the standings with six points out of 21 disputed, remaining partially three units from eighth place, to reach the circuits in the semi-finals.

The situation has already become unbearable for the fans of Santa Fe, who on social networks demanded his immediate departure despite the fact that the local tournament did not even play half of the disputed days and that the Bogota club has its involvement in the Copa Sudamericana against Águilas DoradasWednesday in Antioquia.

“It’s worse than cancer”

Via Twitter, fans didn’t wait until Santa Fe fell to claim Harold Rivera for poor roster conformation, low-level players and serious defensive zone issues, which kept him out of the game. to win against an opponent. which historically has been low.

With comments like “failed”Many fans accused the coach of not having achieved anything with the Albirrojos in the two cycles he had at the club, in addition to the fact that the expectations with the team he built were enormous, for big names like Hugo Rodallega, Cristian Marrugo, among others.

But other fans went further and described it as the “cancer of Santa Fe”, being the main culprit of the rotten start to the season for the reds, who are now forced to make many changes to dream of the second round.

“We did not adapt”

Faced with the criticism received from the fans and the pain of another loss, coach Harold Rivera stood up for the loss to Santa Fe and admitted that he had problems building the roster, added to the fact that he didn’t know how to propose the tactics of the match against Envigado: “I understand people. We try to manage this team as well as possible.

“We haven’t adapted to the rhythm of the game. We’re generating, but we’re not effective. I play 3 to attack, not to defend, it’s for Viáfara and Delgado to give amplitude”said the technician Cardenal.

According to Rivera, “The match was a round trip. Envigado well in a hurry”Thus, the errors in the defensive zone cost him dearly to take, at least, a draw from Itagüí, since he equalized the score twice.

South America, last chance

Santa Fe fans fear what could happen next Wednesday, when Santa Fe plays the Copa Sudamericana against Águilas Doradas, in RionegroAntioquia, since if the team loses this match, it will be eliminated from the international tournament.

This is a unique opportunity for coach Rivera and the entire red formation of improve your image in the seasonsince that is the club’s main objective for this year: to qualify for the group stage of the tournament, and they will only achieve this by beating the team from Antioquia.

However, there are a lot of reservations with the Santa Fe coach about how he faces international tournaments, because in the Libertadores Cup 2021 He was eliminated in the first round, we remember the surprise 2-1 defeat in Buenos Aires against River Platewhich had only 11 registered players, the others were infected with the coronavirus and the goalkeeper was midfielder Enzo Pérez.

For this reason, it is feared that he will make another “continental paper”but fans hope the road will improve with this opportunity.