Demichelis, after River’s defeat: “We’ve made a lot of mistakes, I want to apologize to the people”

Martin Demichelis It was clear his start at River wasn’t going to be easy. Is that, beyond the fact that he is a kidney man of the club, it is also true that he has arrived at this position after the successful cycle of Marcellus Gallardo. The doll’s shadow will accompany him until he starts building his own story in the millionaire bank.

“I want to apologize to the people of River”, began the coach from Cordoba at the press conference. With an impassive face and the same black jacket that accompanied him in the afternoon in Núñez, Demichelis explained: “Today they filled the Monumental and supported the players. This unexpected defeat is a blow to be analyzed and corrected.

The technician tried to develop his concepts in the interview with journalists. “We make a lot of mistakes with the ball. We were very disorganized in defense. We have to get back to work during the week. Penalties in football are killed with self-criticism and training. But defeat shouldn’t bring about the miseries that an analysis brings after losing,” she said.

“I would like to be able to dominate the results much better and continue to generate dangers. And that the team loses the ball and there is no sense of danger. We have to keep working on this,” she stressed.

It is clear that River’s main problem lies in the solitude Enzo Pérez finds in midfield. The 37-year-old captain himself had been critical after the victory against Banfield, corresponding to the tie-break for the Champions Trophy. In this sense, Demichelis argued: “Against Banfield I came out angry because every attack of theirs was a goal sensation”.

And just one of the questions that arose in the Núñez auditorium had to do with the position of central midfielder. One of Arsenal’s strong points was Felipe Peña Biafore, who was loaned from River. “I don’t regret it. I’m very happy for him even if he hurt us. I don’t regret it because he needed to play,” he said. Bruno Zuculini’s injury has invited us to think about his playoffs. In the end, it didn’t materialize.

However, it was surprising that he said, “He worked as a head office with us and there were a lot of head offices.” This definition would not be correct considering that Emmanuel Mammana, Héctor David Martínez and Paulo Díaz are injured. Peña Biafore, in any case, made all the lower divisions as a central midfielder.

On the controversial departure of Lucas Beltrán, who was playing a great game, Demichelis analyzes: “Beltrán left because I was looking for an alternative in attack, last time Salomón and Miguel had worked very well.” But Rondón, who had been very erratic and had asked for a change, and Borja didn’t work.