08/18/2020 - 17:04
- Clarín.com
- sports
Ricardo Zielinski does not forget when River did not show up to play against Atlético Tucumán in mid-March for the first date of the Super League Cup. The campus went to the door of the Monumental, but the doors remained closed. Days later, the National Government decreed the mandatory quarantine for the coronavirus. Now the Russian caught it with River for wanting to play "with 200 deaths per day . "
With the teams returning to training with strict protocol, the coach once again aimed against Marcelo Gallardo's team. "The River thing was not a health situation, but a political situation. If not, it is not understood ... With 150 infected in the country and no deaths, he wanted to suspend. And now he wants to restart because he participates in a Cup, when there are 200 dead a day, "said the Russian .
"Either you were wrong at the beginning or you were wrong at the end," he continued in dialogue with Jogo Bonito. "If River wanted to suspend the game, it should not have played the Libertadores on Thursday," he added, recalling that three days before the clash for the first date of the Super League Cup, River had beaten Binacional 8-0 in its court.
"He should have contacted us to let us know that he was not going to present the team and we would not have traveled, we would not have concentrated ...", he added to his defense.
Ricardo Zielinski, coach of Atletico Tucuman. Photo Emmanuel Fernandez
The coach of the Tucuman team complained that no measure had been taken against the Millionaire. "As River is, everyone says 'it was not so bad' . But if Atlético Tucumán, Chicago or Almirante Brown do not show up to play a game, you can imagine Argentina ... But we want to change it because it was River".
Zielinski continued relentless against Núñez's club and with the organization of the tournaments in Argentina. "The River thing was not normal and I manifested it. We are not able to organize a championship that lasts at least three or four years," he said.
And in the same vein he asked for the continuity of the Super League Cup, which the AFA decided to suspend permanently. "Theoretically we are going to play a short championship, from September to January. Why can't we continue the one we were playing?"
While waiting for all the necessary circulation permits to travel to Tucumán and reconnect with the squad, Zielinski said that his team was one of the most affected by the decision.
"As we played Libertadores (he was eliminated in the previous phase), we had a very short squad and we neglected a championship. We were three points away from qualifying for an international cup and they cut us off from playing ten more games," he concluded angrily.