And the day came, just that: Claudio Echeverri concentrates for the first time with the First of River: this is what Martin Demichelis decided this Sunday thinking about the list for the match this Monday from 21.30 in Liniers against Vélez. Thus, the Diablito will have an experience that he will never forget: will he make his debut?
After playing 68 minutes this Saturday at the River Camp in the 1-4 defeat of the Reserve against Vélez (he was replaced at 23 'of the second half by Flores), Echeverri received from Demichelis himself the news he waited for all his life: at 17 years old, the Chaco will live the dream of concentrating with the Primera squad for the game against Fortín in the Amalfitani.
It is also the news that much of the riverplatense collective expected, which follows the career of this jewel since he was a child recently arrived from Resistencia and that in the last time began to be all the rage with his first appearances in Reserve and especially his stellar participation in the last South American Sub 17 playing for the National Team directed by Diego Placente. Of course, the expectation of the fan is also that of many scouters of European football who have long followed him: the giants of the Old Continent will be very attentive to the match with Vélez if the boy, whose termination clause is 25 million euros, actually debuts.
Echeverri breaks it in Reserve. River Press.
Will he be on the substitutes' bench at Liniers? It will be another decision that Martin Demichelis will have to make in the run-up to the match. And it is that in the list of summoned, which does not have Paulo Diaz for an arthralgia in the right ankle, there are 24 names. One of them will be left out of the payroll. Between Echeverri and Franco Alfonso, who also played on Saturday in Reserve (seven minutes more than the Diablito), would be the cut of the coach, unless there is some unforeseen last minute physical.
For the rest, the news was very celebrated by fans on social networks: Echeverri is already spoiled by the people. And, although the idea of the coaching staff is to take him little by little and manage his demands of Primera to accompany his growth, since they raised him to work with the professional squad they notice him better and better, adding a new friction for him.
The origins of the Diablito Echeverri, from River from the cradle.
Debut or not, this Sunday night was news that the Chaco will never forget: every day, and every hour, is closer to starting a path that promises to have no roof ...
River's Concentrate List
The list of River concentrates to visit Vélez. (River Press)