The King of Reds

Independent does not raise head Despite having started a new tournament, under a new leadership that hired Leandro Stillitano as a brand new coach, from sports, the panorama does not change. Although they showed interesting things from a tactical point of view during the preseason, After the valuable victory against Talleres on the first date, the team did not win again and the coach, highly questioned, seems unable to find a way around it.

El Rojo arrived at Barracas this Friday almost with the obligation to achieve victory, and left with the feeling that, luckily, he rescued a point. The early expulsion of Sergio Barreto 23 minutes into the first half, he conditioned Avellaneda’s men to run from behind with ten players at the Chiqui Tapia Stadium, where the heat already presented itself as a factor against it.

At the end of the match, the DT referred to the play of the expulsion and launched a reproach: “I saw it on camera and it seemed to me that Barreto stepped on it. It is the second, it happened in San Juan (in the summer friendly against Boca) And it can’t happen to us again, neither to him nor to anyone else because playing with one less in Argentine soccer is a great advantage. It’s something we have to work on“. And the truth is that it is not the first time that they have to resist in numerical inferiority.

With seven disputed dates, Independiente suffered four red cards, tied for first place in the statistics with Lanús. Ivan Marcone against the T for a flat iron, Patricio Ostachuk in a play of last resort against Platense and Joaquín Laso for a double yellow against Banfield were the previous ones. In all cases, well sanctioned.

Another point to improve for those led by Stillitano, who seems to be playing the last bullet at home against Colón. If he does not win, everything indicates that it would be the first end of the cycle of the presidency of Fabian Doman. “The issue of patience is real, but it is not an excuse. I cannot exempt myself from what corresponds to me, there were times when the team played well. You have to improve. I’m very well, I see the response of the players on the field. That gives me peace of mind and strength to prepare for the next game.“, said the technical director after the equality against Barracas, which leaves him in 19th position with seven units, six behind the leaders. Can he reverse this present?