Four members of the men’s soccer team Cuba left the concentration after their first game in CONCACAF Gold Cupwhich ended in a 0-1 loss against Guatemala on Miami (USA).
The expert Cuban journalist francis romero forward the information, which was later confirmed by other journalists and even by the state sports newspaper Jit.
The four footballers are Roberney Caballero, Carlos Denilson Morales, Neisser Sando, and Jassael Herrera.. No one showed up for the flight Miami in Houston (Southern United States), where the Cuban team will have the second stage of the group match in a few days.
Some thirty elite athletes from Cuba They abandoned national concentrations taking advantage of trips abroad in 2023. In recent years they have reached several hundred, according to official media.
The severe economic hardship that Cubans have been suffering for more than two years has caused an unprecedented exodus from the island. Last year alone, 313,000 citizens arrived irregularly at the southern border of USA.
This is added, in the case of athletes, to the problems that they have to go abroad and sign for foreign clubs, where they can earn more than the national competitions of their country during their short life. in work.
In the official media, these abandonments are usually collected as “serious indiscipline” and even “betrayal”.
The Cuban team opened with a loss in the Gold Cup last Tuesday Guatemala and this Saturday he will face the revelation of group D, Guadalupe. The Caribbean Lions meeting included Canada, the group’s favorite theorist.
Source: La Verdad
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