The soccer players Roberney Caballero, Denilson Milanés, Neisser Sandó and Jassael Herrera left the concentration of the Cuban team after the 1-0 defeat in the Gold Cup against Guatemala. According to the journalist Francys Romero, the escape was recorded in Miami, before the team traveled to Houston, where they will face the Guadalupe team next Saturday.
The same communicator indicated that with these defectionsthere are 33 dropouts of Cuban athletes in 2023. “According to soccer agents, they have the potential to play professionally.”
The strategy announced by the Cuban Football Federation to prevent these leaks did not work. According to these, the sports authorities withdraw the athletes’ passports before leaving the airport to the country they arrive. In the concentration hotel they control the use of cell phones.
Last January, the president of the state-run Cuban Soccer Association (AFC), Oliet Rodríguez, announced the creation of a registry of Cuban soccer players in a automated system governed by the International Amateur Football Federation (FIFA).
The strategy announced by the Cuban Football Federation to avoid these leaks did not work
“This novel initiative would limit the access of Cuban players to other countries illegally, either in national teams or in clubs,” warned the federation. Caballero, Milanés, Herrera and Sandó hardly cared about breaking the regulations.
He official media Hit he limited himself to analyzing the defeat of the Cuban team. “The emotional blow was forceful,” he acknowledged. “The defeat (against Guatemala) was inevitable as the minutes passed and the Caribbean cast tried more with honor than with order, an insufficient effort given the circumstances,” he specified.
In accordance with figures offered by Play Off Magazinethe Gold Cup has been the springboard for the escape of 19 soccer players from the Island. In the 2022 edition, Rey Ángel Martínez, 20, and Alberto Delgado, 22, broke their relationship with Cuban sports.
In 2005, during a stay in Seattle, soccer players Yaykel Pérez and Maykel Galindo separated from the group. Pérez’s physical qualities led him to appear on the Chivas USA team, being recognized as the first Cuban to serve in a squad with Mexican roots. He also excelled with the Los Angeles Blues of the United Soccer League.
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