The economic situation of Independent Athletic Club continues to be delicate and the problem is now added to the poor sporting performance shown by the team led by Eduardo Dominguez and that was reflected in the local defeat suffered this Saturday against Racing.
After the team lost 2-1 to its classic rival, in the stands of the stadium Liberators of America Ricardo Enrique Bochinia large part of the fans began to sing against the Red Board of Directors, which since 2013 is led by the trade unionist Hugo Moyano.
With the elections suspended since December of last year, due to alleged legal irregularities in the opposition candidacies, for several months fans have been demanding that a new date be confirmed to elect the future president of the Avellaneda institution.
In this context, after the match against Racing, a series of videos circulated on social networks in which you can see one of Moyano’s sons, Jerónimo Antonio Meriles, being physically and verbally rebuked by some club fans in the box section of the stadium.
Observing this situation, a group of club security employees protected the young man and accompanied him for several minutes, while people continued to protest in the corridors.
According to what transpired, even Hugo Moyano himself would have been confronted by fans when he was leaving the field, from which he left without giving a statement to the press, in the midst of a climate of general unrest. Next to him was Hector “Yoyo” Maldonadosecretary general of the Red, who was also booed by the crowd.
According to the last balance approved by the club, Independiente had a liability that reached 2,807,225,579 pesos, which indicates that the debt grew by 70 percent compared to the 2019/20 period.
In the last Extraordinary, Special and Ordinary Assembly, held last December, the Board of Directors obtained the “express authorization of financial instruments such as trusts, mutual funds, among others, as a tool for obtaining resources in order to face investments capital and operating expenses of the institution.
Hugo Moyano became president of the Avellaneda team in 2013, when the team had returned from a season in Nacional B, in what was the worst crisis in its history, in which large debts, trials with former players and poor sports results.
From that moment on, the institution showed a slight improvement that led to the December 17, 2017, the also leader of the Truckers union was re-elected with 89 percent of the votes. All in a framework of enthusiasm after having won the Copa Sudamericana that same year.
However, a few months later, the departure of coach Ariel Holan, who was succeeded by several colleagues who did not fully establish themselves, the sale abroad of several soccer players who were figures in the team, and a series of bad decisions led to Independiente once again being in a complicated situation.
This Saturday, for the 7th date of the League Cup, the Red team lost the classic in their own stadium by 2-1, thanks to the goals scored by Gabriel Hauche and Enzo Copetti for those led by Fernando Gago, and a single goal for the local team scored by Lucas Jumped González. at the start of the second half.
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