Martín Demichelis tries to revive his players after the victory in Brazil: the motivation is to beat Boca

“Mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth, mouth…”

Never Marcellus Gallardo He gave the formula to relaunch and focus his team in view of a Superclassico. That time there was no defeat that preceded the match against the eternal rival but rather the location’s removal from the final of the Copa Libertadores moved to Madrid. The Doll, like the entire River Plate planet, considered that decision an injustice and therefore felt like a heavy blow. But far from intimidated, the former River manager focused on what was to come. It was Mouth. And in the final of the Libertadores, no less.

Now logically the circumstances are different. But ahead is the eternal rival, which River will have to receive after a hard kick, after the victory –the largest against its international history- that Fluminense gave him at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. And to lift morale, the idea of Martin Demichelis and its coaching staff must generate motivation by thinking positively, i.e. what a victory in the Superclásico can score. This won’t erase what happened in Brazil, but it will change the unease scenario that -logically- generated a victory like the one received by Fluminense.

Is that even when there is a harmony like the one that exists in the River team, a shocking victory like the one it suffered – the most cumbersome in its international history – always leaves sequels. The topic will now move on to see how far reaching these debuffs can be and whether Demichelis and his players can quickly overcome them., especially since the Superclásico is coming. The message from the technical staff will focus on this in these days.

“You have to move on as fast as possible. This hurts, but we have top players, we have to accept the pain and all the bad things that happened in the last 20 minutes in Brazil. There have been major negligences that we should not have committed. The Superclásico is coming with people who will fill our stadium and we hope to give them a good result.”Demichelis said after the defeat against Fluminense.

The coach has tried to show his integrity and has assumed his responsibilities. Above all, with the change of discord, to remove a central marker (Emanuel Mammana) and put a winger (Pablo Solari) and continue playing with a line of three defenders, two of which were full-backs (Herrera and Casco) and the defender (Leandro González Pirez) who remained on the pitch, I was reprimanded . And then he was expelled.

Demichelis explained what his intention was: “I deal with the changes. Sometimes they come through and sometimes they don’t. I removed a central defender to play 3-1-3-3 and press with six men. And I took Mammana off because we waited for him until warm-up to see if he could play. The expulsion of González Pirez has decompensated everything”.

And as unfair as the expulsion was, it didn’t fall on Uruguayan Esteban Ostojich. “Talking about referees doesn’t solve anything. I had my feelings, I didn’t see Felipe Melo’s move (he hit Nacho Fernández hard and with his leg high, a move that could have been red and then, scolded, jumped and took Nacho off, which could have been the second yellow) on television, had his hand while being booked and there was another similar to Pirez’s. There were shows that were very permissive and very strict for us. It ends up being a very cumbersome result, I prefer the analysis that 11 vs. 11 we did well. By defending a play badly in the second half they put themselves behind and then with 10 it was tough against a team with a great hierarchy.”said the river coach.

In the River Plate area, however, as he was able to ascertain clarionBeyond the anger at the poor refereeing, there was a sense that the coach had made a mistake with the substitutions and the second-half approach. Either way, they believe they have the ability and intelligence to correct and reverse adverse situations.

Also, that at this moment it is essential to remain calm. And someone also remembered a quote from Gallardo, after losing a summer friendly against Boca in Mendoza 5-0 at the beginning of 2015, before River played the final of the South American Recopa against San Lorenzo, who they defeated by keep that international cup. . “You must not lose your compass”said the doll at that moment.