A subdued Tevez left without speaking to the press, but with a heated chat with the Independiente players

The final whistle on the pitch Riestra expelled from the field Carlos Tevezwho didn’t stop his march towards the changing rooms even to say goodbye Cristian Fabbiani, who tried to hug him after the game. Independiente’s defeat could represent a decisive turning point for the central group Professional League Cup.

The coach suspended the press conference and left without speaking. Paradoxes of the present, in the last 10 days he has talked so much that he has even split: “Carlos Tevez speaks here, not the Independiente coach”differentiated when the back and forth with the Treasurer of the AFA -and strong man of that entity- Pablo Toviggino it intensified so much that it motivated a conclave of Claudio Tapia with the presidents of the First Division clubs to avoid uncomfortable statements, especially against the referees.

Wordy, Tevez had felt hurt Pablo Dovalo and in the conference he spoke of “robbery”. His statements were included in the referee’s report and he was sanctioned. He sat on the bench because he paid the two suspension dates, but he was greeted. With his arms crossed in most situations, he didn’t look energetic.

The impetuosity would have been reserved for the post-match locker room. There was a conversation with the players and a decision that changed the routine: The team had the license until Monday, but will meet again on Saturday for a practice that can only be explained by the defeat against Riestra.

After the talk in the locker room, Tevez put his backpack on his shoulder and dragged the continue to the bus that later took us back to campus. After dialectically explosive weeks, Carlitos He chose silence.

Tevez’s short circuit

The 2-2 draw against Barracas Central for the ninth round brought Tevez center stage. Dissatisfied with Pablo Dóvalo’s performance, he brutally questioned his work and, perhaps without expecting it, entered the ring.

“We knew that we would play against 14, I told the players in the dressing room. I think that this boy (Dóvalo) must start to finish it, because it is very difficult, shit on the work of the boys, of The club becomes very evident and this is the most worrying: we said that Dóvalo already has a history with Barracas. It’s like a stream telling you that at 3 in the afternoon he will come to your house and rob you, and at 3 in the afternoon he will rob you. It’s crazy. “They screwed us”the DT had said.

The reply also arrived via the X network, with a response from Toviggino that raised the tone of the first pineapple. If anyone had thought that he would stay there, Tevez struck again on the same social network by personalizing your words in the Treasurer.

What followed was a fine for comments against Dóvalo and a performance that put the team on the back burner and a performance that takes them further away from the goal of qualifying for the playoffs. The last three games have not seen him win: of the nine in play he has scored just two points.

The trial by fire will be the next appointment in Avellaneda, after the break for the appointment with FIFA. Atlético Tucumán will be the measure for Independiente and, at this point, for Tevez’s continuity at the helm of a team that, against Riestra, did not perform as he had expected.