However, the club avoided this and bounced back the following season with automatic first place promotion.
In 2006-07, the club only avoided relegation on the last day of the season.
The sale of the site in 1971 helped the club avoid bankruptcy.
However his club could not avoid relegation at the end of the 2002 Descentralizado season.
He played 44 times for City in 1996-97 as the club avoided relegation on the final day of the season.
Further success saw the club avoid relegation altogether, finishing 19th overall.
However, the club faced financial difficulties and narrowly avoided bankruptcy in 2005.
In the event, the club avoided relegation on the final day of the 2006-07 season.
The club also struggled for most of the 2008-09 season, but avoided a bottom two finish.
That year he played a significant role in helping the club avoid relegation.