El Rojo accelerates for the Uruguayan coach who passed through Buenos Aires and closed -by word- his arrival at the Avellaneda team.
Independent and Pablo Repetto They have everything agreed by word of mouth and unless something unexpected happens, the Uruguayan will become the new coach of Red. The DT born in Montevideo 49 years ago was in Buenos Aires for 48 hours and fixed his link with the Avellaneda institution until June 2024. This Saturday the coach returned to Ecuador -where he lives- and the idea is that he debuts against River on date 13.
as he learned Clarion, his sporting ideas generated the necessary consensus within the Independiente CD and the Uruguayan wants to have experience in Argentine football. However, this Sunday against Estudiantes, on Wednesday in Rosario against Central and on Sunday the 16th in the classic against Racing he will be on the bench Pedro Damian Monzon.
Repetto, who began his career in 2006 at Fénix in Uruguay after retiring from that same club due to a fractured tibia and fibula, has never led an Argentine team, although Boca and River fans remember him very well.
It is that it was the technician who, when he was in charge of Independent of the Valley of Ecuadoreliminated the two biggest in Argentina in the same edition of the Copa Libertadores, in 2016. Then he reached the final and was runner-up.
After getting promoted with Fénix de Uruguay, he went through Cerro, Blooming, Defensor Sporting, Independiente del Valle, Olimpia, Liga de Quito and Nacional. He won the Apertura tournament with Defensor Sporting in 2010. In the Quito League, in 2018, he won Serie A and the Ecuador Cup and his last title with the League was the Ecuadorian Super Cup in 2020. In Uruguay, he won the Intermediate Tournament, the Clausura and the First Division, all in 2022.
President Fabián Doman understood that at this moment he needed a coach to ensure a good cushion of points and Repetto has a 57 percent effectiveness rate among all the clubs he has led.
His favorite scheme is the 4-2-3-1, which turns to a 4-4-1-1 at the time of recovery. He can be described as a pragmatic coach who bets on direct play and has good group management.
