Problems for Tevez in Independiente: he has lost a starter and will also miss the classic against Racing

Last Saturday’s suffocating afternoon-night brought nothing positive Independent From Carlos Tevez. He suffered a surprise defeat against Gymnastics La Plata 1-0 at home due to a gross defensive error and, as if that wasn’t enough, one of their most regular players got injured in the last match: Ayrton Costa.

The results of the medical studies were obtained on Tuesday and the images showed the worst news for the left-footed full-back. He suffers from a torn hamstring in his left leg, which will force him out for at least three weeks.

This raises alarm bells for the Rojo coaching staff as Costa, who had been a starter and also scored the winning goal against Independiente Rivadavia in the first match of the League Cup, could miss up to four matches, including the Avellaneda classic.

On the road, due to the tight schedule, Ayrton will not be present on Thursday against Huracán, nor against Rosario Central (13 February) and Instituto (18 February). The duel with Racing (even if the date is not defined) will fall on the weekend of February 25th. On Saturday 24th Costa will complete 21 days of recovery…

Now Apache will have to define its long-term replacement. There are two natural candidates. The one who has the advantage is Damián Pérez, who returned as a protagonist in the Diablo de Avellaneda just after the arrival of Tevez, who gave him back ownership and confidence.

Pérez was a left-footed winger from the start on matchday one of this League Cup, but left at half-time when Carlitos read that he would have to bring in a creative midfielder (Santiago Toloza) and dismantle the five-back scheme.

From there Pérez never entered again. To do so on a couple of occasions is the other possible replacement in that role, Adrián Spörle, ex Banfield and Arsenal player who arrived in this market as a replacement. He entered the complements of the first and second days, but did not add minutes in the fall of the last weekend.

Additionally, the red carriage will move more pieces. He needs to find the functioning and intensity that the team knew when he arrived in the first part of last semester. She then weakened and this year she still hasn’t managed to break free, despite having won in Mendoza and Liniers.

Federico Mancuello has already recovered from the muscular overload, is training normally and could be taken into consideration for Thursday’s match against Huracán at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó. Will you return to initial training?