'It's Paris or Devoto,' they told Clarn from the coach's entourage. If River Plate does not go to Boca, Demichelis will continue in his position because the leadership fully supports him.
But where those closest to the coach point is towards the relationship with the fans, something that 'Micha' still could not or did not know how to develop. 'If I end up with seven defenders, I don't respect River's history,' he said after they tied 1 to 1 at the Monumental on February 25. 'It's a matter of skin,' he added. 'I don't know what's going to happen to me. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it or not.' 'I'm not going to give up,' he insisted. 'There will be no cataclysm. It's just a game.' Demichelis arrives at the Superclásico with optimism. He relies on his immediate antecedents. Of the three River-Boca matches that he had already directed, he won two and tied one. He gave a shock of confidence to his players with the talks at halftime that later bore fruit. He did not pigeonhole and looked for variants. River reversed the last two matches of the League Cup against Central and Instituto and thus achieved the classification in first place in Zone A. In some matches, Demichelis also knew how to correct some initial formations that had failed in time with the changes. And the one who is winning the fight is Yacaré. Although you don't trust it, of course. And he knows that this duel can be very difficult for both of them. He knows that he is in a good position to win, but he is also in a bad position to lose. He is in the middle of a battle for his job.