Martín Demichelis and his first time as River manager: with the Gallardo purse and the addition of innovations

He proved to be an intense coach Martin Demichelisnot at the level of Diego Pablo Simeone, but more active than once Marcelo Gallardo. A coincidence? As did the Doll, the new technician got dressed elegance and put on the shield of the river.

He remained at the foot of the playing field and very rarely went to the bench to chat with his assistants, Javier Pinola and the German Lux. The most frequent indications were for Enzo Pérez, to order the team, and for Emanuel Mammana, to encourage him to move the ball. He also filled José Paradela and Rodrigo Aliendro with requests.

He highlighted several tactical innovations River and the work of the weeks will be vital for the idea to take hold. You chose to risk Demichelis because the simplest thing was to keep what Gallardo had built. It already proves that the man born Justiniano Posse, 42 years ago, is a brave coach.

“I’m happy with the work we did. We were very good, with a solid defensive structure and generating many goal situations. We knew that Central Córdoba could complicate us with long deliveries and second plays, but we did good. I liked seeing the solid defense againDemichelis explained in a conference.

The scheme used it could be summed up in a 4-2-3-1, albeit with many variations. What he had tried in the friendlies came true in Santiago del Estero: full-back Herrera positioned himself next to Enzo Pérez when River had the ball to widen the field with Solari on the right and Casco on the left; from the center of the field, Aliendro, Nacho Fernández and Paradela. Thus, the cast of Núñez was planted with a line of 5 midfielders, with Solari and Casco at the ends to assist lone striker Miguel Borja. It is clear that the leaflets are the ones that should accompany the attacks and it was Nacho who did it better: In addition to the goal, he had two shots on goal posts.

“Here they know Nacho more than me. We know what he represents for the club and what kind of player he is. He’s intelligent, he knows how to read the moments of the match, he has sides. It’s lucky to have him with us,” the coach praised Fernández. Furthermore, he pampered the star Franco Armani: “Central Córdoba should be congratulated for the tribute to Franco. He is an example for the group: he returned to work with us ahead of time“.

Demichelis relaxed in the snap. The very young Franco Alfonso makes his debut, who embraces with emotion before entering. With triumph, he walked away kissing a chain that wrapped around his neck.

“I like going out playing, I like generating numerical superiority. In the warm-up we saw that the pitch was bad and we understood that there was no reason to risk at the start,” he said. Micho. Is closed: “The team still needs footage because the break was very long. The boys must let themselves go, they must have the courage to make mistakes”.