Rolfi Montenegro, after his resignation from Rossa: “In Independiente there are more people who destroy than build”

“There’s not much to talk about …” he said. Daniele Montenegro just got out of the car at the property gate Dominican villa after leaving for the last time as a sports consultant for Independent. In any case, the Rolf he relaxed with every question about his decision to step down in the midst of a chaotic club environment. And, after thanking those who supported him and his work group, he turned on the fan to clarify the internal issues that triggered his departure, that of his entire work group and that of Claudio Graf ad interim.

“Sometimes you could work, sometimes not. It’s a difficult time. It doesn’t just depend on us. You have to see and analyze many things. It’s a topic to talk about calmly because it’s not just about choosing a player and whether it’s good or bad. There is a great job we try to do. And this leaves us alone. Maybe we were wrong about things, it’s our first experience, but let’s leave calmly because everything the players have told us today leaves us alone “, explained the former player who took office in October 2021.

The recent appeal of the management to Julio Falcioni for a possible return was a message to Montenegro, who decided at that time not to renew the emperor to bring Eduardo Domínguez. “Julio’s thing is over, it’s deja vu. It’s more or less the same thing. At the time it was clear and it was a closed phase of my life. It’s not something that influences this decision; there are other things behind it. they did give a facts aside, “he said.

What does it mean? “It’s not the same thing to bring a player and tell him if he can pay him or not than to tell him if he can play or not. Nobody remembers what January was like here. There are a lot of things we couldn’t do and we depended on other people,” he said. added.

And he continued: “We knew from the first moment how things were here. We knew that the campus needed people to accompany it. That’s why we can look each other in the face because we were here every day.”

When asked about his relationship with the management, especially the club secretary, Héctor Maldonado, he fired: “The Yoyo thing … It’s a difficult situation when one or two people run a club. We feel we can’t do anything about it. ‘other. We were what we were supposed to be “.

Montenegro revealed, in turn, that it felt deprived of the support of the leadership. It was very clear: “The Independiente needs them to accompany, that they be, that more people come, that the players feel protected. From there you can build. In this club there are more people who destroy than there are. They build. It would be nice if everyone who said they would be there at the time was now here. Those who were about to show their face weren’t here. When we started, they told us “we’ll be there, we’ll accompany you … “. We’re alone. I’m not spiteful or anything. They asked me why I didn’t talk and it’s the others who have to talk. We didn’t come to talk, we came to work,” he said.

Along the same lines, he said: “This has to be cut at some point. There has to be someone who stops the ball and starts building once and for all because otherwise it’s impossible.”

A particular case that deepened his discomfort with the club’s management was the non-arrival of Rodrigo Aliendro, who ended up at the River for lack of Independiente money (the executives promised that the money would appear and it did not happen). He also had to row unsuccessfully with the renewals of Domingo Blanco, Andrés Roa and Carlos Benavídes, who freed themselves.

“Everyone knows about Aliendro. I’m not going to hide it. We persisted until the last moment and talked to him until he said ‘I’ve come this far’. I’d like to see them try to convince us how we did. for almost 6 months with Mingo. I went to 14 meetings with Mingo. We can’t do anything. With Uru and Roa we also tried to solve it because we needed it. We didn’t let the players go because yes, we had a plan for the future of the Independiente, “he described on these specific issues.

He also talked about it Hugo MoianoPresident: “You have to see how things are with Hugo. It comes when it has to come. Whenever I had to talk to him, I always did it right. With Hugo I have nothing to say, with me he behaved very well. I went through it when a contract was signed or when I went to speak with Eduardo Domínguez. “

Is it true that you had entered into negotiations with Gabriel Heinze? Rolf replied: “They told me that until it was known what was happening with the elections, the DT issue would be difficult.. However, I talked to the technicians because I had to continue my work if things worked out. Calls had to be made. I don’t know if Heinze would come in this context, it depends on what everyone wants. But the attempt and management must be done “.

On the balance of his work, he reflected: “The balance usually detracts from the results. But here we did not only come to work with Primera, we worked with children, the inferiors, the reserves and we also gave a hand to the girls. We will see the balance over time. We did everything we had to do and we settled in the club. “

Montenegro in turn talked to Claudio Graf, the Reserve coach who came out of his hand and the interim DT of the Prima, who also stepped aside. Thus, the coach of the team next appointment against Colón will be Juan José Serrizuela (in charge of the Fourth Division). And then will Falcioni arrive?