The Apache endured a domestic accident that required several stitches, yet he remains on the substitutes’ bench as the team moves forward.
Carlos Tevez faced a major scare the morning of the Independiente versus Barracas Central clash in the Professional League Cup, with doubts about his position on the Libertadores de América bench. In the end, he planned to travel straight from home to Avellaneda, resting beforehand at his residence.
The incident happened in his home bathroom as he prepared to head to Villa Domínico to join the squad. He did not stay at the hotel the night before the match by his own choice. Tevez experienced a sharp decompensation and sustained a hard blow to the upper left eye during the fall, resulting in a deep wound and a total of ten stitches, both internal and external, along the brow arch.
After a few hours of rest at home, Carlitos decided not to go through Hotel Madero and instead arrived at the Ricardo Bochini stadium directly to lead the team against Guapo, bearing the consequences of the domestic accident that almost kept him out of a pivotal match aimed at reclaiming leadership in Zone A.