Jorge Burruchaga’s not a small man, but right now he’s in it all the way up to his neck. Independiente gave a decent showing in the summer friendlies, but as so often have failed to follow it into a good start to the league campaign.
Against Boca on Saturday they were useless, and today, with the next biggest story being about River possibly using a bit of squad rotation to stop their players getting tired… well, you can imagine what the media are doing to Burru. There are ‘strong rumours’, according to Olé, that Carlos Bianchi may be brought in soon. And to think this man scored the winner in a World Cup final. Pressure on the bench is a very different beast, apparently…




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