DT leaves and players defend themselves

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The storm that Sports Pasto is going through seems to have no end. The club was left without a coach in the midst of a storm of complaints and accusations that not only affect the sports, but also the credibility of the institution.

To the bad results in the Betplay League, a scandal was added that exploded in the previous party against América de Cali and today has the fractured squad and the president in war.

What is happening with Deportivo Pasto?

They have not been calm in the last days in the Nariñense team. In the midst of the scandalous complaints of Amaño of parties, the crisis also reached the coaching staff: Camilo Ayala presented its resignation after eight months in office.

The former soccer player clarified that his decision was motivated only by poor sports performance and not by the betting scandal that shakes the club. “The sports situation, the injuries and the results led me to make this decision. I wanted the best for grass, but it was time to step aside,” he said.

While Ayala said goodbye, the club president, Óscar Casabón, launched strong accusations against several football players, indicated by alleged match of matches. “It is a pity that our beloved football is smeared with that, it is a large mafia. The players involved were distributed, separated from the squad and will be called to discharges. We had suspicion to certain expulsions, penalties and markers in the first half, they were putting our work and the results of the team at risk,” he said.

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Casabón, after the 2-0 defeat against America, said the suspicions come from previous matches. “I suspected it from the game with Chicó, rare game situations, different, results, things that one does not understand today, supposedly, we were going to lose 2-0 in the first half, as against Cali, that was the bet but were damaged,” he denounced. In addition, he said that a U-20 player would be involved, although he ruled out that there are foreigners involved.

Pasto players defended themselves

The manager also questioned leadership within the group. “I have a lot of sadness and a lot of disappointment, because I no longer call them leaders in our team, there are no leaders. The pseudolids only serve to go to charge, they do not serve to face with Berraquera the real problems like this,” said Casabón, who announced that the club will take the case to the Attorney General's Office.

The players soon react. Gathered at a press conference, the squad demanded evidence and defended the reputation of the appointed partners. The spokesman was Facundo Boné: “We are here with all the teammates for some bad taste because a situation was exposed in which it was generalized in the subject of bets. If we do not have the evidence that they are betting we will be with them to death. Not only do you get into them but with their families.”

The Uruguayan insisted that they will not accept expulsions without evidence. “We propose that if there are people betting on us evidence and we are going to take care of ourselves to get them out of the locker room. Stay in a situation like that to partners about a situation that we do not know if what is happening is real. They must contribute the necessary evidence,” he added.

Among the players was Joyce Ossa, who publicly expressed his pain: “I am one of those involved, that makes me sad because I have a family and I consider myself very professional. It seems to me a lack of respect that they point to me without any test, you have to show them. I am sad with the grass, which they have to do to do it, I am available.”

The most dramatic moment was starring goalkeeper Diego Martínez, who broke into tears before the media. “My dad and my mother raised me as an impeccable person, with values ​​and with principles, and today they want to stain my name. I make myself available to the Prosecutor's Office, the Dimayor or FIFA to investigate everything they want, but they are damaging me my career. I had the dream of playing up to 40 years and today they want to stain me,” he said in a broken voice.

The scandal leaves Pasto with an uncertain future. Immediately, the team will have to face the next challenge in Barranquilla against Junior without its coach and with several football players.

In the background, the club faces an institutional crisis that could lead to investigations of the Dimayor, the Prosecutor's Office and even FIFA. Between protecting the integrity of the sport and respecting the due process of the players indicated, Deportivo Pasto walks down the tightrope at the worst time of their season.

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