After Leandro Stillitano’s departure and Pablo Repetto’s refusal, Independiente hired Ricardo “Ruso” Zielinski as the club’s new coach. In the next few hours, the technical director will sign a contract valid until June 2024 and will direct his first practice at the head of the team.
In the midst of the sporting and institutional crisis that the Avellaneda entity is going through, which deepened with the resignation of its president Fabián Doman, the current leadership closed the arrival of Zielinski, who will lead the team in nothing less than the Avellaneda classic next Sunday, at 4:30 p.m. in the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Bochini, for date 11 of the Professional League.
The former Belgrano coach will have Santiago Vergini, Alejandro Lembo, Alfonso Meoni, Fernando Risso and Damián Albil in his work team.
Zielinski, 63, arrives at Red in a complicated situation, since the team has not achieved victories since the first date of the Professional Soccer League, when it beat Talleres 1-0.
In addition, Independiente would be the twentieth team led by the “Russian”, who began his long career as a coach in promotion clubs. Among his achievements, the promotion with Belgrano to the First Division in the remembered promotion against River in 2011 stands out. Closer in time, he led Atlético Tucumán to the final of the 2017 Copa Argentina and reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores 2018.
