The Ogro Fabbiani: the controversy over the penalty awarded to Riestra, on his debut as coach against River and his most remembered (wrong) goal of all

Technical direction is nothing new for him. Nor that of Deportivo Riestra, which he knew how to manage. However, at a certain point, for Cristian Fabbiani it will be like the first time. “It was very difficult for me to manage in the First Division. I trained in Ascenso, I grew up there and Now I have the opportunity to show off everything I’ve learned” said the brand new coach of Blanquinegro, who will make his debut against none other than River, the club of his loves for which he had a brief experience. “And apart from this river, the way it flows and everything…”the Ogre began to throb.

He knows how difficult the challenge will be, but he is not afraid of it. “We are ready to continue the game“I trust a lot in the players I have, which are basically the ones I coached last year,” Fabbiani said in conversation with Rock and Pop.

“I always go to see River and the people love me,” acknowledged the Ogre, although he said there is no doubt he will aim for the three points and is confident of taking them: “With the tools we have, I think we can safely face the River as equals”.

In another of the notes that Fabbiani offered after signing at Riestra, the brand new coach acknowledged that his goal is to reach the Milionario bank: “My goal is to manage River”.

The Ogro did not escape the controversy over the penalty received by Riestra in the Argentina Cup against Comunicaciones: “It’s easy to hit Riestra. The club gives a lot to many kids who would never have reached the first class. I know what it does to them . It was tough to bring the club to this point, Riestra was superior in all direct clashes. It’s easy to talk when they don’t reach the goal, they make excuses, but the truth is that today Riestra plays in the First Division and today he will play a historic match against “River. For me it’s a dream…”, he later told ESPN.

More mature, highlighting that at 40 he sees things from a different perspective, the coach revealed that”I had to change my life 100% and I did: Today I have a different mentality and as a coach I realized that I was missing many opportunities as a player. With this head I could even play.”

Among the changes was food, the one that mother Mirta cooks so well that “she continues to be a chef in the restaurant, as she has done for 40 years”. Laughing, the Ogre said so “When they see me they will think I don’t cook anymore” and explained that “with the family you adapt: ​​you eat punctually, healthily… before I ate in the car, at the wrong time, I didn’t rest well”.

The missed goal against Central is remembered everywhere

If there is something that marked Ogro Fabbiani, besides the quality he had in playing and the smiles he gave to the fans (“I have something with people, with football fans, I always made them have fun on the pitch”, he commented) , was the missed goal in a Rosario classic played for Newell’s. “It’s a play that they will tell me until the day they close the drawer”the former footballer recalled with a smile.

After running, scoring, dribbling and repeating, the Orc scored over the bar and failed to score a real goal to upset Rosario Central. “Everywhere I go they remind me of her. On holiday in Chile, when I went to play in Ecuador, they told me this everywhere. It was useful for some press… At that moment I wanted to be sure, The guy at the top wanted it out and the ball went up. “I said we won, it was the last play,” Fabbiani added.