Matías Bustos Mile
02/20/2020 - 13:59
- Clarín.com
- sports
2020 finds Carlos Tevez going through different situations in Boca. On the court and out of it. With the tape of captain in the arm but with a leadership overshadowed by the figure of Juan Román Riquelme in the club. Already without the "sponsorship" of Daniel Angelici but revitalized from his desire to continue trying to win titles. After all, a different year.
The arrival of Miguel Russo and that of a new CD led Apache to have talks with them. Roman was the first to clarify that he would be evaluated like any other player, although he has a last name with a trajectory to respect. The short circuit about when his contract ended (Tevez said it was in December 2019 but it is in June 2020) was overcome from a certainty: to extend his contract with the club he will have to win it on the court and not from the microphones . Carlos accepted the challenge. And then that phrase that Riquelme repeated in the campaign reappeared: "I want Tevez to want to play ball again and to retire at the club, something that they didn't let me."
x
With the DT it was something similar. Russo recognizes his impressive career but far from being that "flag" that professed Gustavo Alfaro, the new coach marked the court. When he is well, he will play, but he will not hesitate to take it out or change it if his performance changes.
x
In order for Tevez, at 36, to have a chance to show off, he first had to accept a change in his facet of play. He no longer refuses to be the nine or to wait in the area to get his chance. He put aside that idea of transforming into a double five or hook as he tried when the technicians were Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Alfaro. In fact, when the Twins used it on end it was Carlitos who clarified that "I am not nine and I do not feel comfortable there".
Now he understood that it is the only place where he can be among the headlines. “Today I understood that I can play 9. The Tevez from before will not come back . I have to be close to the area to make a difference, ”he acknowledged weeks ago.
x
The work of the coaching staff also includes surrounding it in another way. They took Ramón Ábila, more voracious in the area but with less physical deployment, and included Franco Soldano. The former Union, supportive, intense and orderly, is the one who wears out for him and Carlitos .
That is why on more than one occasion it appears even behind the figure of Tevez. “Soldano is an all-terrain player. It makes significant wear and helps the team a lot, ”praised Carlitos, aware that the blond relegated his friend Wanchope to the bank.
x
The concrete thing is that in the game, Tevez could show his best versions in the games that Boca played against Talleres (scored a bit) and with Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero (he scored two goals, gave an assist, missed a penalty and they committed another). Both of visitors. In both, with many spaces to move.
And how local was it? Against Independiente and Atlético Tucumán, the Tevez versions were very different, with many problems to get rid of defenders or solve in a short space.
What is your level then? In the coaching staff they believe that within the area and with time to resolve, Carlitos is lethal. But if the rivals offer another type of resistance or intensity in the brand, it will cost. That is why they prepare options and it is not necessary to be surprised if in some game (in the debut of the Copa Libertadores?) It appears as a substitute .
If everything goes on as before, the chance of signing an extension of your contract (lowering your salary a lot) can become a reality. But we will also have to wait for another situation. It is that more than once in the last time Carlitos seemed to have understood his place and his moment, but the problems began when he had to go to the bank. Have you finally understood that the end of your career can be with a secondary role?
