“Put him in Colidio to play Solano”: the unusual comparison from the Excursionistas coach to harangue his players before facing River

One is in the Professional League and the other in First B, two steps lower. One plays 50 consecutive games filling all the seats in his stadium and the other denies in the stands when the team’s championship doesn’t help. But in Argentine CupAs they always say, anything could happen. AND Hikers he has much more to gain than to lose when he faces this Wednesday River in Santa Fe for the 32nd final.

And beyond all the obvious differences that may arise in terms of infrastructure, clothing, budget and even training conditions, you have to compete and in 90 minutes the coin can fall from one side to the other.

For this reason coach Hiker, an ‘old sea dog’ of the promotion as Juan Carlos Koprivahe had quick reflexes and raised a controversy that could confuse the millionaires’ team.

“I told them to play it and have fun, not to see the River players up there, far away. Let them imagine them playing in the neighborhood, which is what I always tell them. Take them to play in the River neighborhood. Players, put it at the Colidio, at Solano, at Quilmes, at Merlo, there the differences are reduced”.discussion.

“What happens is that the opulence of River, the training venues, the hierarchy of players ends up making a big difference. But in terms of quality, I think some of the players we have can be in River and if they adapt to the speed and the technique they have would fit together”complete.

Excursionistas just achieved promotion from the First C and debuted in the Third Division of Argentine football with a home defeat in Bajo Belgrano against Comunicaciones (2-1).

However, the intention of the “Greens” coach is not to make many changes because he prefers to consolidate a base, despite having to face one of the most powerful opponents in Argentine football.

The match will depend – almost exclusively – on River, who should impose their maximum hierarchy without surprises, regardless of the surprises that the Argentina Cup offers year after year.