Carlos Tevez arrived at Independiente with the aim of avoiding relegation

Said no ariel holan. Said no Gabriel Milito. Said no Daniel Garnero. Said no Gustavo Alfaro. Nobody wants to lead this Independiente further and further from its glorious period as the King of Cups, now surrounded by a dramatic institutional situation and relegation. Until a ‘yes’ appears, that of Carlos Tevez. Apache accepted the dangerous challenge and, in negotiations at the speed of Formula 1, became Red’s new coach.

At noon this Tuesday, Independiente’s official networks announced the arrival of Lookwho will direct training this afternoon and that evening will give his first press conference while the DT of this giant from Avellaneda is less.

Look it has reached a place where in principle they do not accept it with absolute happiness. The initial reactions of Independiente fans were not positive. They questioned his strong identity at Boca, a club with which Red maintained a great rivalry.

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El Rojo’s men are also questioning Carlitos for his lack of experience. It is that in his CV as DT he only recorded a background. Tevez has played just 24 games at Rosario Central, with a 40 percent efficiency as a result of 6 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses.

After so many rejections, for Independiente to decide on Tevez, the voice of Claudio Tapia, president of AFA and very close to Carlitos, became heavy. This is how he won the fight against Walter Erviti, another candidate.

In Argentine soccer there will be three relegations at the end of the year. The two are for the table of averages. The rest, according to the annual table, where Independiente is now with the same number of points as Colón and Huracán. The three teams with so much tradition must play a playoff for permanence in the First Division.

The setting is more than delicate. For one thing, Ricardo Zielinski resigned after the first date of the League Cup, after a 0-1 home defeat against Colón. Every game at Avellaneda el Rojo is played wrapped in intense tension. And the players feel it. That’s why Tevez asked for experienced reinforcements. Carlos Izquierdoz, Emanuel Mas, Ramón Abila and Domingo Blanco have already played. You will have until August 31st to include.

Above Independent is more than an institutional loser. In 2023, President Fabián Doman, who was elected at the end of 2022, resigned. In the same year, two coaches were swallowed up by a harsh reality: before Zielinski, Leandro Stilitano resigned.

Tevez will have more than a hot debut. On Sunday, his Independiente will visit Vélez, another team with a great tradition in danger of relegation. Worse than impossible. Both Carlitos are afraid of nothing. They say that, to a call from a friend who warned him about the dangers of the challenge, the Apache responded: “I grew up in Fuerte Apache (a very marginal place, very dangerous); See if I’m afraid seize Independiente”.