Under pressure

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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Sam Kelly is an English football writer based in Buenos Aires, specialising in all things Argentina - the national team and the domestic league - as well as across South America for When Saturday Comes, ESPN Soccernet, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and In Bed With Maradona among others.
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