Independiente does not stop winning and has already forgotten about relegation

Independiente defeated Huracán 1-0 in Avellaneda to consolidate itself at the top of Zone A of the League Cup Professional who is going through his fourth day, and his fans have already begun to point out this renewed team led by Carlos Tevez like the “Apacheta”.

The technical director is the “Apache” for the world of football, and coincidentally or not, the apacheta is a mound of stones placed one on top of the other that the indigenous people of northern Argentina raise as a tribute to “mother earth.”

And that’s precisely what he’s doing. You look with already “his” Independent, putting stone upon stone to build a team that functions as such and that honors the magnificent history of the Avellaneda club.

What he questioned You look regarding that “a while ago Independiente played at speculating”today he showed that he does not share it, it is not in his football ideology and, therefore, what he plans to apply in the “Red” is a totally opposite style.

And proof of singing, which he hinted at in the three previous games since he has been the technical director of Independiente, in which he won two and tied one (he tied with Estudiantes and lost on penalties in Argentine Cupbut he also deserved the victory), were primary examples of what he is willing to do with this team that already seems to be absolutely different from that of his predecessor (for him it was those verbal darts), Ricardo Zielinski.

Clear proof of this was reflected in tonight’s performance against Hurricane, in a strange match that is difficult to refer to as “relegation”, but that the “red” fan took as another true final (the previous ones were with Vélez and Gimnasia).

The thing is that this “new” Independiente went out to attack from the beginning, combining passes, with a true line of five in the background that released its two experienced “lateral-laterals” like the Chilean Mauritius Island on the right and Damian Perez on the left, and in the middle Federico Mancuello creating and supplying Matías Giménez and Alexis Canelohelped in that management by the former Arsenal, Santiago Toloza.

The balance for all this was a manager as experienced and with the same sense of belonging as Mancuello, who was the central midfielder and captain Ivan Marconewhich he recovered and distributed as an old-fashioned “five”, beginning to recover the level he once had thanks to this tactical design formed by Tevez.

Thus, was that Independent He began to overwhelm Huracán on the sides but also to pierce him through the middle, and not only with filtered passes but also with a suffocating high press that at 34 years old was precisely led by Mancuello.

And as a result of this, after 25 minutes Mancuello He recovered a high ball, faced the visiting area and finished crosswise, but his shot was half-rejected by the goalkeeper. Lucas Chaves and he took charge of the rebound Alexis Canelo with a short left-footed shot to mark his first goal with the Independiente shirt.

That goal was the crowning of a manifest superiority of Independiente, which occurred in all levels of the game, to the point that goalkeeper Rodrigo Rey was a mere spectator in the first half, and later he would also be a spectator in the second.

A second period in which the locals never took their foot off the accelerator, “diving headlong and showing constant intensity”, according to what Tevez had proclaimed on the day of his presentation as coach of Independiente.

And that spirit with which the team is imbued means that several players questioned less than a month ago, such as the central defender Joaquín Laso and Matías Giménezwere applauded after each successful intervention (the latter was not questioned about the penalty saved by Mariano Andújar when he tried to chip the ball in the Argentine Cup against Estudiantes).

Of course, for the new ones there are “special” dedications, such as those dedicated to Tucumán. Cinnamon, to Chilean Islands and, for now to a lesser extent, since he just debuted against Estudiantes de La Plata, Toloza from Córdoba.

and the effort of Cinnamon was commendable, running all the balls until the final minute, which allowed him two more goal options that were narrowly missed, adding to this that about half an hour into the complement he also forced Fernando Tobio committed a foul that earned him the second yellow card and the subsequent red card.

So, Independent and its people who filled the stadium, were pure enjoyment, as were its players and its coaching staff, who You look reinforced very well a couple of days after taking office.

And while in the League Cup it sees itself at the top of everything in Zone A with nine points, in the Annual Table which generates a second relegation today it took six points from Huracán, which precisely shares with Colón that position that today in day they would have to settle between the two to see which of the two goes to the First National.

On the next date, which will be played during the week, Independiente will visit Rosario Central on Tuesday at 9 p.m., while on that same day and time Huracán will host Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, in another crossroads “due to relegation.”

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