San Lorenzo was left headless after an extensive and exhausting intermission of the board of directors meeting, in which the necessary signatures were gathered for the management headed by Marcelo Moretti finish your course.
The delay in the final signing occurred in a context of tension between several members of the outgoing leadership and the opposition who resisted signing. They were Nestor OrtigozaCristian EvangelistaAlejandro Tamer and Sergio Constantino.
Precisely, Evangelista was the one who held the press conference at the Nuevo Gasómetro to publicly show the signed minutes. “Moretti insisted all afternoon on asking for leave, he doesn’t want the club. Now this will be in the hands of the Assembly and the board of directors,” he assured.
As President of the Assembly, Daniel Matos will head the transitional government in San Lorenzo and is expected to call an Extraordinary Assembly within the next 48 hours.
San Lorenzo was left headless: Moretti leaves the club’s presidency. (Video: TN)
“I’m not going to resign. We are analyzing so that San Lorenzo can have the policy and continuity it should have. Acephaly is not recommended in these cases,” Moretti had said to the press on the chaotic morning that shook the club. He also thanked the club for their support. Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia and Pablo Toviggino.
From early on, the atmosphere at Pedro Bidegain was tense. There were fences and security personnel guarded the entrance, in a preventive operation against the possible arrival of the fans. Finally, as the CD met, a group of supporters gathered outside the stadium and asked for the resignation of the outgoing president.
The businessman, while the meeting was taking place, appeared on the balcony where the meeting was taking place and filmed journalists present on site to perform coverage. He also left for a period of approximately 30 minutes, during which he left the Nuevo Gasómetro for an alternative exit and then returned to finish the writing.
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The official statement from San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo informs that its Board of Directors has entered a state of acephaly, due to the resignation of the majority of its members and in accordance with the provisions of the Social Statute.
The leaders Julio Lopardo, Andrés Terzano, Martín Cigna, Leandro Goroyesky, Carina Farías, Mateo Sagardoy, Uriel Barros, María Soledad Boufflet, Pablo García Lago, Javier Allievi, Marcelo Culotta, Belén Lugones, Leonardo Virardi and Agustina Nordenstrom ratified their resignations from their positions on Tuesday. The substitute member Mariano Marino also did so.
Everything was resolved in a meeting of the Board of Directors that had an intermediate room, based on the summons of several of its members at the request of the PCyF Prosecutor’s Office No. 35 of the City of Buenos Aires.
When the configuration of the state of acephaly of the Board of Directors was confirmed, the Presidency of the Assembly of Representatives of the Club was entrusted with urgently calling an extraordinary meeting so that they could temporarily take over and so that in the following 48 hours they could convene the entire body of the Assembly of Representatives for the purposes of appointing a Transitional Commission.
On the other hand, before the formalization of the resignations, it was determined that on Friday, February 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at the Pedro Bidegain stadium, the Assembly of Representatives will be held to discuss the 2023/2024 Balance Sheet.
Crisis in San Lorenzo: What is “acephaly”?
Club acephaly occurs when its main authorities cease to exercise their functionswhether due to resignation, death or disability. In the case of San Lorenzo, the situation was triggered by a series of mass resignations of key members of the Board of Directors.
The situation is comparable to what happens in the government of a country: if the president and vice president resign, the State is left without a figure to represent it and make decisions. In a club, the absence of stable and legitimized leadership leaves the institution adrift.
