The day has come: Diablito Echeverri concentrates on the River for the first time

And the day has arrived, in fact: Claudio Echeverri concentrates for the first time with the Primera del River: this is how Martín Demichelis decided this Sunday when thinking about the list for this match Monday from 9.30pm in Liniers against Vélez. The Little Devil will thus live an experience that he will never forget: will he make his debut?

After playing 68 minutes this Saturday at River Camp in the Reserve’s 1-4 defeat against Vélez (Replaced in the 23rd minute of the second half by Flores), Echeverri receives from Demichelis himself the news he’s been waiting for a lifetime: At 17, the man from Chaco will live the dream of concentrating with the First Division team for the match against Fortín in Amalfitani.

it is also, the news that a large part of the River Plate collective was waiting for, who has followed the career of this jewel since he was a child who recently arrived from Resistencia and who recently started to cause a sensation with his first appearances in the Reserve and above all his stellar participation in the last South American Sub 17 in the National team directed by Diego Placente . Of course, the fan’s expectation is also that of many European football scouts who have been following him for some time: the giants of the Old Continent will be very attentive to the match with Vélez if the boy, whose the release clause is 25 million eurosit actually debuts.

Will he be on the bench at Liniers? It will be another decision that Martín Demichelis will have to make ahead of the match. And he’s the one on the squad list who doesn’t have it Paul Diaz due to right ankle arthralgia, there are 24 names. One of them will be left out of the form. Between Echeverri and Franco Alfonsowho also played in reserve on Saturday (seven minutes more than Diablito), would be the coach’s cut, barring some last-minute physical unforeseen events.

For the rest, the news was celebrated by fans on social media: Echeverri is already pampered by the people. And, although the idea of ​​​​the coaching staff is to take him little by little and manage his First Division needs to accompany his growth, Since they brought him to work with the professional staff, they notice him getting better and betteradding a new touch for him.

Debut or not, this Sunday evening was news that the man from Chaco will never forget: every day, and every hour, he is closer to the beginning of a journey that promises to have no limits…

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