That emotional release Enzo Copetticrying inconsolably over his injured leg, it has to do with the path that campus has taken to reach this consecration. Two weeks ago, there was a banner describing it as “embark aft”. Nobody understood why he didn’t take the penalty who had Racing eleven meters from glory and ended up in the Boca title. Gabriele Arias He defined it with a sentence, in the midst of euphoria, which reflects the spirit of the players in blue and white: “We ate a lot of shit.”
I could say the same Fernando Gagowhich is not now Pep Guardiola for winning the Champions Trophy. However, the Spanish coach himself, one of the best professionals in the world, has already said it: “Whoever wins is right”. And to the young coach of the Academyarrived in society without any merit and with the only precedent of an unfortunate season in Aldosivi ended up relegating, this time we must give him the right.
Does this mean that the identity he has imprinted on the team, a hallmark of an offensive team, which he proposes in attack and which has added more points than anyone else in the season, is useless? Of course not, but without that star who won in San Luis his task would not have been validatedthe one that Ruben Capria -the manager- e Vittorio Bianco – the president – was in charge of supporting the wind and the tide.
Because people like it, the only project in Argentine football, especially in big teams, is to win. It will be said that in the long run it is possible to reap the sown words, politically correct, but without results they end up in very little. The Merit Cupuntil now, it does not add up in any table.
Would a successful cycle like that of Marcelo Gallardo have been possible if he hadn’t won everything he has won, especially at the beginning of the road? And what would have happened if Racing hadn’t managed to overturn a game against Tigre, that tiebreaker that lost 2-0 at half-time and took the lead in extra time?
The Academy He had patience. and the players, personality to reverse a story that required extreme concentration in the face of so much pressure. Losing on penalties against Boca in the League Cup; having been eliminated by the South American due to a home defeat to River of Uruguay; stumbles in the Argentine Cup against Agropecuario, rival of the First National team; and squander a championship that seemed to be served on a serving platter minutes before the end of the classic with River, There are so many shots to support a coach, despite his ways and tastes.
Jonathan Galvaninfamous for the missed penalty in the last championship date, he left a reflection that he had all the certainty that he was missing on October 23 when he faced Franco Armani: “We didn’t play as we wanted, but we won.” And it can be a repeated sentence, but it gains value in the final. Not so much the modalities, but the result that derives from it in the title. That’s 90 (or 120 minutes) and an Olympic lap. The harsh reality.
And maybe at this point there is a change to be highlighted by Gago. Because until the last part of the championship he had rarely shown a plan B. And from those two heart-pounding games (Rosario Centrale and Defense and Justice) he went on to draw. It was no longer a runaway, attacking and unprotected team. Without much brilliance, without much possession, he also dared to propose it as a counterattack and a long and direct match to take advantage of Johan Carbonero’s speed. He was even encouraged to forego a creative midfielder and include a defender to put together a line of five. It didn’t work against River, but it worked against Boca.
Speaking of Racing de Gago, the championship cheerleader, it was said that they could not win in the decisive games. On Sunday, at the La Pedrera stadium, he managed to put an end to that karma. And from that triumph, you will be able to work more calmly. At least some wounds are starting to heal. There is a lot to take care of.
Source: Clarin
