The present of Independiente is dramatic. This week Fabián Doman resigned as president of the entity and the fact further deepened the institutional and sporting crisis of the historic Avellaneda club. However, this Thursday the management of the entity confirmed that the Red has a new coach: Ricardo Zielinski.
“El Ruso”, former coach of Belgrano and recently passed through Nacional de Montevideo (where he only managed eight games, with three wins, three draws and two losses), accepted the offer and will have his debut on the Devil’s bench once morest Racing ( team he also directed), in the Avellaneda classic that will be played this Sunday, April 16, from 4:30 p.m.
With the departure of Doman outside (on Wednesday he formally resigned from the club), Néstor Grindetti (mayor of the municipality of Lanús and vice president of Independiente) took the reins until an assembly is called in which the president must be elected to complete the current term.
But Grindetti had two very specific situations to resolve urgently. The first, economically, is to lift the inhibition of America from Mexico for 5.7 million dollars. In the next few days a delegation from Independiente will travel to try to solve it.
The other urgency is to straighten out the sporting aspect, which is what the fan’s thermometer shows. Grindetti tried to convince Pablo Repetto on Tuesday night, hours following Doman’s goodbye, and there was no case. The Uruguayan, who had verbally agreed last week to join following the game once morest Racing, decided to drop out following the journalist’s letter confirming his departure from the institution.
Sebastián Méndez was thought of, but he already arranged in Unión. Pablo Lavallén, Jorge Burruchaga and Gustavo Munúa did not finish convincing. Omar De Felippe had a good consensus, there were contacts and everything seemed to indicate that it would be him. But, suddenly, the possibility of Zielinski was refloated and they advanced with the former coach of Belgrano, who was in Mar del Plata and immediately came to Buenos Aires when he received the call.
The Russian will sign a contract until June 2024 and will start his cycle once morest none other than Racing, this Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the Libertadores de América Ricardo Enrique Bochini. You already know Avellaneda, he commanded La Academia in 2016-2017. There were 14 commitments, with 6 celebrations, 2 equalities and 6 lost.
Doman’s leadership had thought of Zielinski, but the then president of Red indicated at the time: “His salary scared me.”
But the agreement finally came this Thursday, from the hand of Néstor Grindetti. In front. Zielinski will have the mission of lifting a team that has not won for 10 dates. And the beginning will be, nothing more and nothing less, than before the classic of a lifetime.
