Daniel Avellaneda
07/04/2020 - 22:52
- Clarín.com
- sports
It is the figure of the market in times of pandemic. For her indisputable talent, of course. Because of the speed of its starts on the right, its natural profile, or on the left, putting a diagonal that looks like a dagger. Ricardo Centurión, at the age of 27, finished the extinct Super League on a superlative level. Boca, San Lorenzo, Vélez, Argentinos Juniors and even Mauro Camoranesi, a former teammate, wanted him for Tabor Sezana, the team he leads in Slovenia. All those clubs want to have the explosive midfielder in their ranks. Everyone except Racing, the owner of his pass.
Why can't Sebastián Beccacece have a player capable of empowering a team that is tailored to its characteristics? Why is what any leader would see as a blessing in the tight times of the coronavirus today a bargaining chip? Centurion is not in Racing's plans because Diego Milito does not want it.
Other times. Centurion and Milito, between Blanco and Coudet, during their presentation on January 25, 2018.
The manager has his reasons. Despite having to deal as captain with the blows Centurion caused in the locker room, the Prince was a key actor for his return to the Academy. It was Milito who called Ricky to Italy, where the doors of Genoa were being closed to him. He offered him the "22", the number that accompanied the idol throughout his career. He asked for commitment, good behavior. And from the Avellaneda treasury, 4 million dollars were disbursed to buy 70% of the pass and complete the entire form, since Racing always kept the remaining portion.
Centurion was presented in the best European style; He played a game with crowded stands. He had scored the championship goal and the fans had already let their sudden love for Boca pass. Champion with Guillermo Barros Schelotto, he confessed his blue and gold heart. Daniel Angelici finished closing the doors of La Bombonera, tired of his constant problems outside the field of play. From Italy, then, he returned to the club where he started his path in soccer.
With Eduardo Coudet on the bench, Centurión showed a great performance. It became the highest point of the team. And he was the protagonist of several acts of indiscipline, all in the Monumental. To the expulsion against River in the round of 16 of the Libertadores, which ended with an outrageous defeat (3 to 0) and the elimination, he added a gesture that the fans still reproach him: he made the Boca strip on the shirt of Racing. It broke the codes of the popular one.
People swallowed and forgave him. However, the push he gave Coudet in the following classic with River (another defeat, this time for the championship) was decisive. El ChachoHe released her hand . Milito, too. His departure to Atlético San Luis was a way to overcome the contingency. Racing was champion, already without Centurión in the field. He had problems in Mexico and Vélez appeared with Gabriel Heinze, who sheltered him. That gave it wings. And Ricky broke it.
The Gringo left Liniers. However, Vélez looks for the continuity of Centurión. He asked for another loan, Racing rejected it. He offered players as part of payment to amortize the purchase of a percentage. President Víctor Blanco dismissed it. He wants $ 4 million or to be a member of the team that wants to host the most talented footballer on his campus.
Marcelo Tinelli appeared in the middle of the talks via Zoom that Blanco and Sergio Rapisarda, boss of Vélez, had . The president of San Lorenzo contacted Alejandro Mazzoni, attorney for the 27-year-old footballer. He wants a loan. Racing took the same position as with the Liniers club: it wants to buy at least a percentage of the economic rights. The player himself recognized a survey from Boca, where he is dying to return. Argentines attempted barter without success. And Camoranesi expressed on the radio her desire to have him.
"Nobody called me to say that I can't go back to Racing, but if you think that is a matter for the leaders. I know how to recognize mistakes and if I see Coudet, I will give him a hug and we will chat if necessary. To me the blows of life have taught me that I don't have to save anything. I do not know if the fan felt hurt with the subject of the Boca stripe on the shirt, but it was a more personal and warm expression that had nothing to do with not respecting Racing, ”he explained last month.
The blows Centurion talks about were the deaths of his grandmother and his girlfriend Melody, just as the quarantine began. He was sorry, of course. But Milito does not believe in his revenge. And although there are leaders who would be willing to forget that his wayward past, on this issue the Prince has the last word. As happened with Beccacece, the coach that few trusted because his failure at Independiente.