Ruben Insuacoach of San Lorenzospoke about his conflict with the driver and former president of the club Marcelo Tinelli. In an interview, the former soccer player said that the driver is a “coward” and accused him of “retaliating” against one of his sons for a long-standing conflict between them.
The incident occurred after the defeat of San Lorenzo against River, where he argued with some plateistas and exploded without knowing that they were filming him: “Sons of bitches manga, why don’t they fuck Tinelli who stole everything?” Insúa shot. The statements quickly went viral, causing the Prosecutor’s Office Specialist in Massive Events of the City of Buenos Aires will sue Insúa for “incitement to violence”and that Tinelli himself sued him for damages.
Regarding this last fact, Insúa declared that it did not bother him that Tinelli has taken action on the matter, in addition to clarifying that the statements that were leaked in the video are “private opinions”. “My opinions, when I want them to spread publicly, I do it through the media,” he said. And he made it clear that he does not have “a good opinion as an individual.” about the driver, avoiding naming it. “I am willing to settle the matter in the way I want: in court or you can tell me the time and place,” challenged the coach threateningly.
history of a conflict
According to Insúa, Tinelli would have resolved his personal problems with him by taking reprisals against his son Robertino Insuawho in 2015 joined the Reserve, at the time that Tinelli was president of the area of San Lorenzo Youth Football. What everyone expected was that Insúa’s son would sign his first contract, but the player never made it to the First Division. Ruben Insua is convinced that it was a Tinelli’s vendetta.
But the tension between the two comes from much earlier. In 2002, during a friendly between Boedo and Deportivo Español where both figures coincided, Tinelli began to play games with a ball. What seemed like it was going to be a pleasant moment was clouded when the driver (at that time he was just a famous fan) wanted to make a joke and Insúa took him off the field. Tinelli left that meeting very angry.
It is also believed that Insúa is hurt because Tinelli, during his tenure at San Lorenzo, never went looking for him to return to the club as he did with other coaches who did not have as much experience within the club.
by RN
