With the complaints of gender violence not closed, Sebastián Villa and Jonatan Cristaldo have the doors open to play

Sabrina faija

11/06/2020 19:06

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Updated 11/06/2020 19:06

This Sunday, November 8, in Santa Fe and with a difference of minutes, two footballers denounced in court for gender violence could play again.

In the Union field, Racing prepares the return of

, while in Newell's, Boca would have

Sebastian Villa.

On November 28, 2019, through an 18-line statement, Racing reported that Cristaldo had received "a

to collaborate with the investigation and prompt clarification of the facts denounced (by Morella De Las Heras)" .

Twenty-one days later, the striker, for whom a 300-meter perimeter was in force for 150 days, played the Champions Trophy, where the team then led by Eduardo Coudet was champion and then continued to add minutes in the Super League and in the Copa de la Copa. Super League.

In a 2020 with ailments and injuries, Sebastián Beccacece tested it in practice this Thursday.

How is the situation of the former Vélez?

The case is in the same situation and runs the risk of being shelved, since the investigation was delayed and

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Jonatan Cristaldo played for Racing despite the complaint for gender violence.

Photo Marcelo Carroll

Meanwhile, on April 28 of this year, in the face of Daniela Cortés' complaint of gender violence, Boca reported that it was “in contact with the lawyers and representatives of the player (Villa) to deepen the episode and take the corresponding measures. ”.

In the middle of a season paralyzed by the coronavirus pandemic, he suspended it, although he did not separate him from the squad:

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In recent days, Cortés wrote on his Instagram: "I have always stated that the personal should not transcend the work."

And according to his lawyer, Fernando Burlando, it

, something that could happen this Sunday against Newell's, while his case awaits a decision from the Justice.

They both tried to go outside to play.

In February, Cristaldo was rejected by - among several clubs - the Portland Timbers of the MLS, which takes the problem of gender violence seriously.

In the middle of the pandemic, meanwhile, Boca received an offer from

, but the proposal did not prosper because the president of the Brazilian club had said that “the Atlético of the future needs solid pillars that go beyond the playing field ”And that, as the final decision was his, the Colombian was not going to arrive.

The word of specialists

With football paralyzed by the pandemic, Sebastian Villa was not separated from the Boca squad, but he did not play officially.

"When the ball stopped, women continued working and a lot of protocols were approved in this process, including ours," says Maia Moreira, a member of the Lanús Board of Directors and coordinator of its 

, which led advance the development of the protocol approved unanimously on July 16.

Being a sports institution of the Province of Buenos Aires, Lanús must also comply with the

, sanctioned on September 10, which establishes that training on gender issues and violence against women is mandatory for authorities and club staff. and sports entities in any of its modalities.

"In article 10 of our protocol, we have contemplated in professional contracts that athletes, not just footballers, must maintain proper conduct in accordance with the principles and values ​​that govern the protocol.

If it happened in Lanús, we would propose this action:

, he can continue training because he cannot be denied labor law until there is a ruling from the Justice, but

", Moreira remarks, while regretting that "the times of Justice are much slower than the answers that we need."

Vélez, a pioneering club because in May 2018 it was the first in Argentine football to create the Gender Violence Area, went through this situation in June with the case of soccer player

, accused of assaulting his girlfriend, in addition to exercising violence verbal and psychological.

“Preventively, the player was separated from the team.

Then a resolution came from the Prosecutor's Office, which filed the case for not having, among other things, sufficient evidence to charge or prosecute the player.

So he went back to the plan

tel.

Notwithstanding that, we are working with him in

together with the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires ”, explains Paula Ojeda, director of the Club's Gender Violence Area.

Both Ojeda and Moreira agree that the clubs should adopt it as a management policy and clarify that

, but rather as a “plastic tool that adapts to the needs of the clubs and serves to prevent, disseminate and raise awareness on issues of gender violence and to avoid generating these situations of violence within sports institutions ”.

Sebastián Villa waits to play again for the points in Boca AFP Photo

Moreira goes further.

“It seems to me that the importance of protocols as a tool and also from the regulatory framework is undervalued.

And that has to do with the fact that the construction of the protocols in many sports institutions responds to a current situation that puts on the agenda an issue that cannot be covered but that is addressed in many clubs more by agenda than by conviction, which is decisive at the time of making decisions and managing ", warns.

"It is very clear in the cases of public knowledge of players with a complaint that they will probably play in this tournament again. I think there is something that has to do with the concern of the media and that how these are taken from the mass media themes and that many times based on that, quick decisions are made ”, criticizes Moreira.

In addition to the media, both indicate that the

also plays a role.

“Two and a half years ago we have been working with the issue in our institution to know how to handle a situation like this, beyond the fact that the decision of a leader is difficult because there is a share of the assets.

But if the political decision is, when a player is accused or prosecuted in a cause for gender violence awaiting oral trial for a sentence, clearly we work so that that person is not wearing the jacket that we love so much, "says Ojeda.

“There are two questions.

;

then the clubs not only have interests that have to do with the values ​​that are proclaimed in sport, but also economic ones, which are above all those that prevail when making decisions about the destinations of players who have complaints and who play or that they are going to be allowed to play, "says Moreira.

"Of course, it seems wrong to me that a player with a complaint of gender violence can play

. It seems wrong to me because although his labor rights cannot be denied, he can be denied competition. But it also seems doubly serious because To allow this to happen is to somehow overwhelm a lot of colleagues who work together to create spaces free from all kinds of violence in the clubs. So, cancel a little or bypass that work with total impunity ", Moreira adds .

In a country where, according to data from the Observatory of Gender Violence "Now They See Us," between January 1 and October 31 of this year,

were committed

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 and in which the Soccer is the mirror sport, it is key to deconstruct a gender stereotype as marked as that the soccer player is a charismatic and beloved character incapable of carrying out an act of violence, which leads us to assume that the one who lies is the woman or the victim.

“Anyone can have a charismatic or successful image, but that does not imply that you are violent or not.

You have to work on that.

That is why sports institutions say no to gender violence.

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Our work passes through there ”, says the person in charge of the area in Vélez.

“The greatest challenge facing our society is to deconstruct in pursuit of equality.

When we begin to see ourselves as equals, we will understand that even if

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It seems that they are different men from the rest of the men and they cannot be violent.

And they can not only be violent, and in fact they are because there are unfortunately plenty of examples of violent male footballers.

There is a job to build new masculinities, "says Moreira.

And he concludes: "

Nice words can be blown away by the wind. We want substantial changes to take place in sports institutions and in society. And understanding that times are not at the same pace as we wish, it is also true that there are certain types of revolutions that do not ask for permission.

. "

In the last ten years in Argentina there is an average of one femicide every 30 hours.

According to statistics from the Office of Domestic Violence of the Supreme Court, in 2018 alone there were 278. Most murders occur in the homes of the victims and are committed by partners or exes.

Where to call

Line 144

Care for women in situations of violence.

Line 137

Attention to Victims of Family Violence.

911 Emergencies

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