With Mauricio Isla as starter: Tevez debuts as Independiente DT with controversial win

Independiente is a struggling giant . One of the most historic players in Argentine football is in a delicate period, both sportingly and institutionally. To give a spin to what is happening in Red, to get out of the mud, an idol of Boca Juniors was used: Carlos Tevez. El Apache, deeply identified with the Xeneizes, took over as the new coach of the Avellaneda club.

This Sunday, the former Manchester City and Juventus footballer made his debut in power and did so with a much needed victory. At the Ricardo Enrique Bochini Libertadores de America stadium, Independiente beat Vélez 2-1, with a controversial result, for the second date of the Argentine League Cup.

The one who has reaffirmed his starting position is MAURITIUS . After spending a period without a club, following his early departure from Catholic University, Huaso arrived at the Reds and had to immediately enter the pitch due to the urgency of the team’s results. In his previous match, he didn’t put in his best performance, committing a penalty and almost scoring an own goal in the fall with Colón, which doomed the fate of Ricardo Zielinski, the former coach.

The double American champion with the Reds was Tevez’s teammate at Juventus His situation within the team therefore appears rosy. This Sunday, the Apache had a line of five in the background, with sides of constant projection. While Isla played on the right, his natural position was on the left Damián Pérez, the same who passed through Colo Colo.

It was a key duel in the desire to escape relegation. Independiente and Vélez are very complicated in the annual table , which defines one of the two that will return to the First National (the second Trans-Andean category) at the end of the year. For the same reason, points had to be obtained yes or yes. The first half slanted slightly towards the hosts, although it didn’t involve a lot of scoring chances either. The surprise was that Isla fired a free kick into the box, considering it was not his habit to work with a set ball.

In the plugin, the red team found the first goal. At 51′, Matías Giménez scored 1-0 with a shot placed in a corner of goalkeeper Burián’s goal. It was a catharsis in Avellaneda. Tevez and his coaching staff (including his brothers) joined in the momentary victory celebration. Vélez equalized in the 55′, but Walter Bou (ex-Unión La Calera) missed alone. Strictly speaking, it was a superb save by goalkeeper Rodrigo Rey.

The Liniers team woke up from their lethargy after their rival’s goal. He improved until he found the equalizer towards the end. In the 83rd minute, a header from Santiago Castro, which appeared on the left side of the home defense, made it 1-1. Tevez’s face said it all.

The end of the match sparked a huge controversy. A questionable foul was committed on Martín Cauteruccio on the penalty area line. First, international judge Fernando Rapallini scores the infraction outside the area. The game is reviewed in the VAR and the referee makes the mark with an aerosol to execute the free kick for a more than questionable fault. Then, the judge, without resorting to the image and relying on his assistants, imposes the sentence. Although the offense raises doubts, the penalty was due because she was on the line. At the fifth minute of addition, Matías Giménez brings the score to 2-1.

This victory allows the Reds to reach 31 points in the annual ranking (which is the sum of the Professional League, which River won, with the League Cup). The last one goes to B. The other one going down is the bottom of the averages chart.