The bet went very wrong.
The new Independiente leadership had gambled a plenary session with the hiring of
Leandro Stillitano
, after all the coach he wanted to seize after several refusals.
However, the
adventure lasted just eight dates
, with a single win, two defeats and five draws (the last four in a row).
And now that?
While
Pedro Monzón
(in charge of the Reserve) will temporarily take charge of the First Division squad and will lead it on Sunday for the Argentine Cup against Ciudad de Bolívar, President Fabián Doman began
the
search for a successor.
And the outlook is not simple at all.
There is not a great candidate in sight.
The only thing that is clear in the Board of Directors headed by the journalist and television host is that they cannot make another bet;
The idea is to try to convince a name with experience and a higher back.
Leandro Stillitano lasted 8 dates as DT of Independiente and barely won a game.
Photo: Fernando de la Orden
For this reason, the move was aimed high.
Doman called
Gerardo Martino
this Sunday morning and heard the first
"thank you, but no"
.
The other one who was probed and it is impossible is
Hernán Crespo
, very comfortable in Qatari football.
Another with whom they contacted in the last hours is
Gustavo Alfaro
.
After his visit to Ecuador,
Lechuga
's priority is to continue abroad, but he did not reject it emphatically, instead he left a window open.
Difficult the same.
The Uruguayan
Diego Alonso
sounds, but he does not finish convincing the majority since he would not have the back that is required after the first setback of this brand new management elected by the vote of the partners last October.
Something similar happens with
Pablo Guede
, currently without a club.
The ex San Lorenzo already interested from the past year, but in this moment it would not be priority.
Gustavo Alfaro, former coach of Ecuador, has already been contacted by Independiente.
Photo: EFE
Antonio Mohamed
is another of those who is not directing.
El
Turco
was champion of the Copa Sudamericana in 2010 with Red.
He has a strong personality and a longer run on the bench since then.
In Avellaneda there are several who look at him with great affection and consider his return opportune.
It is impossible not to have in view another champion who left a very pleasant memory:
Ariel Holan
.
The father of the group that was crowned in the Maracaná in 2017 by the South American is at the Catholic University where he has a contract until December.
One barrier is his close relationship with
Fernando Hidalgo
, who continues to be his agent.
The figure of Hidalgo is looked askance in the microclimate of El
Diablo
since, according to what they point out in the club, since his arrival in 2018, and with the consent of the small table of the leadership of
Hugo Moyano
, the most onerous contracts were given that later they ended up in the trials that until today have handcuffed and inhibited the institution.
His return would seem unfeasible, unless they iron out the old differences a lot.
Turk Mohamen is a name liked by several Independiente leaders.
Photo: Reuters
The offers are also starting to arrive.
Walter Erviti
, passing through as a player for Independiente, was one of the names approached, along with other former reds on his coaching staff such as
Eduardo Tuzzio
and
Carlos Matheu
.
However, this option would be going against the other hand of not making a new bet.
He runs far behind.
So?
The search will not get stuck on these variants.
Even some who today do not have much weight over the days could see their shares rise and vice versa.
The outlook is complicated for anyone who sits down to listen to Independiente's proposal.
It is that whoever takes over must do so in the middle of a tournament that has started, with an already assembled and not very abundant squad that is shipwrecked from the middle of the table downwards.
To this is added
a fixture that throws the next five brave dates
: after the stoppage due to FIFA date, they will visit San Lorenzo, receive Estudiantes, then they will play Central in Rosario, the classic with Racing at home and River at the Monumental.
To make matters worse, in order to be able to incorporate in the middle of the year, the club will have to lift the inhibition of América de México of 5.7 million dollars.
For now,
Moncho Monzón will try to take advantage
of
this opportunity that it has due to a case of force majeure
.
And if he obtains a victory for the Argentine Cup, does he extend his interim since the leadership continues without finding a firm candidate and obtains good results in the coming commitments?
Although that is not the premise at this time, nothing can be ruled out in this Independent who ran out of DT too soon.