03/12/2021 12:45
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 03/12/2021 1:28 PM
He is the man who for years has set the pulse of the River world.
It is the image in which the fans are represented and the footballers column.
Even more so in the preview of a new Superclásico against Boca, those games that leave their mark and that Marcelo Gallardo, in his own way, plays it like few others.
“The teams know each other a lot.
It's the little details that make a difference.
The emotional part always plays in the classics and the footballers who tend to stand out have to have that ingenuity and try to get out of what the context generates.
There is a lot of emotional.
Those who play this type of game more naturally make a difference.
If there is room for surprise?
I have the team but I am not in a position to give it ”, started the Doll at the press conference.
And in this sense, he winked at Maidana, who could debut as a starter on Sunday.
"Jonatan knows what this type of game is about," said El Muñeco, "he knows the responsibility he has to win a place.
The guy came and started training as usual for him, with his strong mentality to be a contribution to the team ”.
How do you expect the Superclásico process to be?
“We are a team that is not going to speculate far from it.
I think that the first minutes will be a study and we will have to see how the rival raises it.
If I let myself be guided by Boca's latest formation with Vélez, it is a team that has a game in the midfield, it doesn't have much reference of attackers, but they rotate.
That's from a team that had greater control of the ball during the game than usual ”.
And he delved into what he is looking for from River: “My analysis is based on what we usually do.
It will depend on what we have assumed as a team, operating beyond the systems.
We are usually a functional team, which occupies spaces according to what is necessary in each game.
Systems can influence, but the important thing is the role of the footballers.
It will depend on the transit of the party, our style has possibilities of change.
I have no doubt, the team has it, but I am not going to give it.
For me it is also very important that those who go to the bank and have to enter are well;
that in a classic is very important ”.
As for the doubts that exist in Boca's formation, the Doll did not want to focus on the possible absences of Cardona or Tevez and clarified that this will not change his thinking indoors.
"I do not get carried away by information that is not official, the important thing is what we have at hand."
In another order, the DT insisted that he misses the fans in the stadiums and remarked that football does not feel the same way.
"I miss the public a lot. Without the fan, football is not the same. It does not feel the same. How can it not feel? For the coaches too, it is heard even when you scratch your hair, and that is not good."
In another order, the coach showed his annoyance and did not want to answer the question of whether he had been tempted long ago to lead Barcelona and had refused, as stated by Mariano Juan, former River footballer and friend of DT.
Other phrases of the Doll
“We lost points in games in which we did not deserve defeat. It happened to us with Estudiantes and this Monday with Argentines. But it is not earned with merits. You win by attacking and defending well. We must be more forceful when we attack, as against Racing ”.
"Let's hope that Angileri can get to match day well. He has a problem with his father. We try to accompany him, he has already joined training this week."
"New players are getting comfortable, it is normal, they have only been around for a short time. Then there is the exhibition, the minutes they play are measured very carefully."
"Borré is focused on what he has to play and does not have any problems that cause him confusion."
"It would be very irresponsible if I did not take into account the opponent that I am going to face. All coaches have the tools to study the opponents. Then, you choose. I watch the opponent, I worry, but what we want to do prevails."
"I saw the Reserve game today, you didn't see a good football game, you didn't see the quality of the game. And that worries me as a coach, because beyond being a classic, they play it with a lot of head, but I saw little quality. Of the two teams, that worries me. Beyond the joy of having won 1-0, I was worried about the game of the two teams, the poor quality ".
How will River form?
Gallardo always surprises when he plays against Boca.
They are parties that challenge him to the extreme.
He has played with a line of 5 defenders, with Pity Martínez at the front, with Lucas Pratto at the end and with up to three attackers.
That is why it is not necessary to rule out that a covered appears on Sunday.
Anyway, it seems that the team only needs to adjust a couple of details.
Jonatan Maidana fights a place for David Martínez and it remains to be determined if the presence of Jorge Carrascal is confirmed, as he proved in the team that stopped this Friday.
If the Colombian does not play, there are two alternatives: Agustín Palavecino and Bruno Zuculini fight to get into the team if the Doll opts to strengthen the middle and play with the 5-3-2 system, while Julián Alvarez appears as a starter in should he decide to attack with 3 forwards (5-2-3) in the Bombonera.
River's likely to visit the Bombonera:
Franco Armani, Milton Casco, Paulo Díaz, Jonatan Maidana, Robert Rojas, Fabrizio Angileri;
Enzo Pérez;
Nicolás De la Cruz, Jorge Carrascal;
Matías Suárez and Rafael Santos Borré.
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