Ponzio whitewashed that he spoke to Rafael Santos Borré to return to River for a year: which two clubs complicate the negotiation?

“About I deleted, it is known that he played little and as a partner or friend I told him ‘Rafa, come for a year’. These are issues that are managed more than the negotiation itself, which I feel and think about but are managed by others”.

It only lasted a few seconds Leo Pontius the “now I’ll have to put in the tape to declare some things”, alluding to the fact that with his new role as Technical Secretary he will begin to receive from the transfer market the questions he used to hear from outside.

Loose and relaxed, he blanched that it was he who initiated the talks to try to repatriate I deleted borrowed, which at the moment does not appear very feasible because Eintracht Frankfurt prefers a transfer and there are clubs like Cremonese from Italy or Tigres from Mexico who are looking to buy their card.

It might not happen, but perhaps the new role that Leo took on at the end of 2022 is already beginning to be seen in practice, after preparing for a long time before retiring and having been a little further away from the club in the last year: those talks with former colleagues (“friends”) or very gallant ex Rivers that serve as part of the operational return of some players who had a good pace in other times. “The team has two or three players per position. With this Tuesday’s game (at 11pm, against Monterrey), Demichelis will have a clearer picture of what he wants and will underline which sector needs to be strengthened”he was more technical in his development on the pass market, before clarifying it “There are six power plants, of which for another one to come, one has to go and that’s not the idea” on the possible arrival of a defender (Enzo Díaz, the closest).

All sentences of Pontius

His role: “I’m fine, I have a great teammate by my side who is Enzo. He’s admirable in the place he’s put me, I’m next to him. We have a lot of discussions and a lot of consensus. It’s rare to see a preseason from the outside, but the I’m assimilating. The footballer says he will never forget, that he will not experience these situations in any other role. But one must have the head to help elsewhere. I was away for a year, that’s when you realize what the club is. Now to enjoy it together with Enzo and the coaching staff, to grow, to have different opinions, to have a positive vision.Now that we have made decisions, we have to make them for the good of River to win titles, which is what this club gives us. My friends know that lately they haven’t asked me much about who’s playing, now they know they have to ask me how I’m doing.”

Demichelis: “When I was about to retire, Marcelo told me that you have to prepare and Martín prepared. He was waiting for a place in a club where he could give everything he was prepared for. Every day I see in the same way Marcelo understood that the world of River was: demanding, a lot of ball, preparing for a dynamic game. They have players you have to get the most out of. That’s when you understand why Marcelo told you that you had to prepare, you have to help him from the best place, show him that we can be there useful”.

The river 2023: “You will see a River of possession, speed, always being able to have control, with participatory players. I see a lot of ball, participation, control, verticality, that everything ends well… The tournament or the year itself is going for you putting each player in their place and it’s marking the dynamics of the team. Martín is looking for everyone to have an association and get to know each other in the way they play. In the world of River there are small changes from one manager to the ‘other: there’s no copying and pasting because he’s not the best, he wouldn’t be a coach in himself, but you always have to go out to win and control.”

MD work methodology: “Perhaps they are things that were already here but he works on it with more emphasis. There is a device that measures speed and they work on it constantly, which measures in meters per minute. It was also with Marcelo, but now they are many. They are problems that you have year after year, but the demand, the dynamics and the imposition of the pace of the game are things that River must do.”

pass market: “The team has two or three players per position. Martín sees problems that can be improved. Di Rafa (deleted) is known to have played little and as a teammate or friend you tell him ‘Rafa, come and play for a year.’ These are issues that are handled more like any other negotiation, that I feel and think about but are handled by others. With this Tuesday’s match (at 11pm, against Monterrey), Martín will have a clearer picture of what he means and will underline which sector needs to be strengthened. And all the names that are floating around, try to put an end to them.”

*”I like to observe the practices, to see the people who can come, to meet him, to see how he will adapt in one place or another. Nacho Fernández and Kranevitter came and it was already known that they would adapt quickly because they know the world River. Maybe if another one comes along, it’s to see how they will adapt, how they will handle themselves. This intrigues me. To get players to the River they have to be on the right foot, who are up to the job and who take responsibility for where They are”.

Are they aiming for Merolla?: “There are six plants, of which for another one to come, one has to go and that’s not the idea.”

The case of a gamer six months after release: “It’s something you have to propose to the club in order to keep a base. You have to negotiate before it reaches the last six months so that there isn’t a whole bubble where the player is in the middle and doesn’t know what his future will be. I think it happens more for something of the club, which has to plan. You have to have a base with players with a contract and which ones can be released. You have to prevent.”

Relations with former colleagues: “With my former colleagues the relationship is good, I know that I think half of it, with those I didn’t share I try to get closer so that they get to know me. these things are another, that we go the same way.”

Kranevitter lesion: “It’s an unforeseen injury. Everything happens for a reason and I’ve already told him to focus on coming back as soon as possible.”

The World Cup won by Argentina: “In the middle of Argentina’s qualifiers, he played at the Monumental against Bolivia and I was able to go to the locker room to talk to the coaching staff. I was Ayala and Aimar’s teammate in Zaragoza, I met Scaloni on the pitch and with Samuel perhaps a little ‘ less, but when we were Under 17 Walter took us to Casilda and from there we went to our cities, so I had a relationship and I joined. the coaches in their place, the players in their place, so many positive things, I saw similarities with the things we experienced at the River, both in the locker room and on the pitch, then at the World Cup we had the first bang that surprised me I’m one of those who doesn’t go to euphoria and doesn’t give up on defeats, I try to go further. they saw another light that made them stronger and that from that moment on it was the group that gave life to everything: one went in, the other went out and always The same energy and the same destination have been maintained before, which was the cup and the only title Messi was missing. We hope to reflect that in all Argentine football clubs, groups really give you value to make a difference at different times. proud. I read a statement by Mascherano that the best example for the Sub 20 is how they competed and lived together in the Major. We have to think day by day.”

*”They are more facts than explanations, it is more about wanting to live together and the place that everyone has in the locker room. We must give value to both those who play and those who don’t. There are many reflections in the last champions in which you have seen that through the something has been achieved”.