Captain. Idol. Tatoo on some fanatic forearm. Postcard from Libertadores to upa in Madrid. Lion. And active vice president: Leonardo Ponzio is a tightrope walker. While he is enjoying his last break as a professional footballer – his next vacation will be post-retirement if he maintains his idea of leaving football this year- River’s symbol takes the opportunity to manage and dedicate himself to his other strong role in football, that of club manager Williams Kemmis from Las Rosas (Santa Fe).
Ponzio traveled to his hometown after having carried out the post-epidemiological medical check-ups – the consequences of the coronavirus picture were ruled out – and quickly activated. As he was able to find out Ole, during your first ride The 39-year-old midfielder approached his club to visit the training complex. That same place where he took his first steps in football dressed in green and black and where he was elected as vice in January (he shared formula with his cousin Agustín).
Footballers training bands (Facebook Williams Kemmis)
First aid kit obtained from Ponzio management (Facebook Williams Kemmis)
“He is very active in his role. During this time he did a lot of business for the club ”, they told Ole from the headquarters located in Chacabuco 1.401, Las Rosas. From a distance, Ponzio has been concerned since his appointment with contributing to the growth of the institution, “Constantly participating in decision-making,” as they narrate from Santa Fe.
The River captain, among other things, got several companies interested in collaborating with the club with training elements -as inputs for the physical activity of Kemmis footballers-, clothing, construction materials (they were used to repair the income to one of the fields and to reinforce enclosures), cleaning machines (pressure washers and leaf blowers), nets for bows and various tools, necessary for maintenance.
He also obtained an important donation of paint from a leading company, cans and cans that were shared between Leo’s club and an institution with which Germán Lux collaborates in Carcarañá.
Ponzio rests in Las Rosas, of course. He enjoys relaxing in his country house – where he also trains: he has a complete gym tuned with River shirts – while he mentalizes in perhaps the most emotional semester of his career.
Ponzio’s future, in River
Because upon his return, scheduled for the days prior to June 16 (date on which the campus will return to work) the midfielder would sit down with the club’s leadership to extend his contract, which expires on 6/30. A bond that could be just six months or a year with a clause that allows breaking it once he decides to end his stage as a professional. Although it will not mean, his retirement, a goodbye to River: in the club they imagine him linked to football from the outside, perhaps integrating the Technical Secretariat.
“I look a lot at the issue of how players are trained, how they come to River from other institutions. It strikes me because I had to live it: it takes you six months or a year to adapt because you are on everyone’s lips. I would like to walk that way, see the place where I can watch players to be the club’s palate, “he said in February.
For the moment, his head is in Las Flores. In his role as leader.
Going en vice.
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