Independiente: Ricardo Zielinski is the new DT and will make his debut against Racing

There wasn’t much more time to waste. The sporting situation, in addition to the serious institutional state, of Independiente required immediate decisions. Therefore, in a quick operation, the first decision of Nestore Grindetti as interim president after the resignation of Fabiano Doman is to hire Ricardo Zielinsky as the new coach of the team. He Russian He agreed on everything this Thursday afternoon, this Friday he will conduct his first free practice sessions and on Sunday he will make his debut in the Avellaneda classic against Racing.

Red lives convulsive days. He was left without a president on Tuesday when Doman made the firm decision to step down six months into office due to domestic leadership, a lack of promised campaign investment and threats received in recent days.

He had already been left without DT before when it was decided to interrupt Leandro Stillitano’s relationship, a bet that went very badly. Pedro Damián Monzón had taken over temporarily, but the team, despite having managed to beat Bolívar for the Argentine Cup, have not been able to return to victory in the local tournament, where they are two points from bottom, relegated directly to the First National team .

Outside Tomorrow (he formally resigned from the club on Wednesday), Grindetti took the reins at least until the convening of the Assembly in which the president will have to be elected until the end of the mandate, as per the statute. However, the mayor of Lanús will try to solve two imperative problems.

The first has to do with the economy and involves removing America’s inhibition from Mexico for $5.7 million. For this, he plans to send emissaries soon to negotiate in Central America.

The other urgency is to straighten the football, which marks the fan’s thermometer. It was necessary to find a coach. He tried to convince Pablo Repetto on Tuesday evening, hours after Doman’s farewell, and there was no case. The Uruguayan had agreed orally last week to join after Racing; however, he backed down after the journalist’s letter confirming his departure from the institute.

Then, all the names that had already circulated before Repetto’s appearance were put back on the table. Sebastián Méndez organized in Union. Pablo Lavallén, Jorge Burruchaga and Gustavo Munúa did not end up convincing. One name he liked was that of Omar De Felippe. There were contacts and everything seemed to indicate that it would be him. But, suddenly, Zielinski’s chance was revived and they advanced through El Ruso, who was in Mar del Plata and arrived immediately in Buenos Aires when he got the call.

The 63-year-old manager was out of work following his time at Nacional de Uruguay, where he managed just eight games (three wins, three draws and two losses). Within hours, they agreed and shook hands.

The Russian will sign a contract until June 2024 and will start his cycle against none other than Racing, this Sunday at 16:30 in the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini. You already know Avellaneda, he commanded La Academia in 2016-2017. There were 14 matches, with 6 celebrations, 2 draws and 6 losses.

Doman had already sought out Zielinski after he fired Stillitano. “His salary scared me”, the now former club president had spoken out on why he had turned down that chance. Well, either the DT lowered its claims or the much-demanded money from the TV presenter appeared…

The truth is that Independiente were looking for someone who could guarantee them points and Zielinski, a priori, found that profile. In his last three teams, his average has not dropped below 50% and in his entire career in Primera he has 48% of 442 games coached (172 wins, 133 draws and 137 losses).

You will have a lot of work ahead of you. Independiente requires a recovery of confidence and football ideas. Now everything will be in the hands of the Russian.