Consolidated as one of the teams that strengthened itself the most and best in this transfer market,
Racing
chose a particular way to present its signings, making reference to the iconic TV series,
Los Simuladores
, and coach
Gustavo Costas
was part of the audiovisual production.
The Academy opened the doors of the
Cilindro
to show their brand new players, live, to the more than 15 thousand people who came to meet them but on social networks they doubled the bet with a fun video that reminds us of the emblematic fiction created by Damián Szifrón.
Throughout this transfer window, several clubs sought to make the most of their imagination to present their new names in an ingenious way through social networks.
And that line is what Racing followed with its video titled
The reinforcements: operation underway
, in tribute to The Simulators.
With
Gustavo Costas
in the role of protagonist and leader of one of the typical initial meetings of the band of heroes, the coach had the acting collaboration of his field assistants.
Thus,
Racing found a way to present nine of its eleven reinforcements
: Cambeses, Conti, García Basso, Zuculini, Sosa, Gelos, Solari, Salas and Martínez.
In the cases of Urzi and Di Cesare, who would also arrive, details are missing to close their contracts.
"Gustavo, they told me that you do this type of work,
we need to put Racing at the top
," is the first thing heard in the video through a voice-over that emulates talking on the phone with Costas.
There, is when the image of the new coach of The Academy appears for the first time, who responds: "Yes, don't worry, we can do it.
The only thing... we need some reinforcements. But we are going to bring them
."
Costas, in full action.
Photo: Video capture.
After the introduction, the video moves to a meeting held by the entire racing technical team in their office, in which
one of the field assistants takes charge of the meeting to be in charge of making a brief presentation of each of the reinforcements
.
After each presentation, Costas, along with a brief justification that bases what led him to choose each player, says: "
We have to bring him
."
The only one who did not deserve to be introduced was
Bruno Zuculini
, who, upon being brought up from the Avellaneda youth team, when Costas was immediately mentioned to the player, said: "
We have to bring that one now. That one is one of ours. That one is Racing.
" .
Once the meeting is over, the final scene of the video finds Costas calling back the person at the beginning.
There, the academic idol takes advantage of the situation to send peace of mind to both the character behind the phone and all the Racing fans.
"Stay calm,
we already spoke with my team and we have a plan
," says the coach while he looks at the camera.
The entire Racing coaching staff, present in the video.
Photo: Capture.
After Costas' outstanding performance, the video culminates with an image that shows each of the reinforcements, in the rain, accompanied by a Costas who wears one of the typical capes worn by the protagonists of the series.
"Cinema" was the word with which thousands of fans tried to summarize the publication.
They even compared the club's manager to a movie star.
"When Costas says 'bring it' he reminds me of Robert De Niro in the movie Fire vs. Fire," one user commented mischievously.
Costas' emotion in front of his people
Before the Los Simuladores-style video was released on social networks, Racing decided to publicly present its reinforcements to its people in the Cilindro de Avellaneda.
There, in front of 15 thousand people, was where Costas put aside his scripts and acting skills to take the microphone and speak to the fans from his heart.
"It's difficult to talk. What I feel right now, I thought I would never experience again.
Life gave me another opportunity. I am very happy, excited here, with a lot of support from you. We come here for everything
," the coach confessed. visibly excited.
"START SATURDAY THE FINALS AND THE FINALS ARE NOT PLAYED, THEY ARE WON." 👏💙
👉 Gustavo Costas in his presentation to the #RACING public 🎓pic.twitter.com/5x7VXURaw1
— Racingmaníacos (@RacingManiacos) January 26, 2024
And with a defined football mentality, he added: "They must demand of us, if they have to harass us, they will, and it would be the biggest dream of my life to be able to take Racing up there again, to be able to win championships.
Since Saturday, I am waiting for them everyone to take Racing to the top, from Saturday the finals begin and the finals are won
."
At 60 years old, the idol who recognized himself as "
half coach and half Racing fan
" will begin his third stage at the helm of the Academy, although this time it will be the first in which he finds himself with "an orderly club, not as I expected." played when he was young".
Unión de Santa Fe, this Saturday from 9:00 p.m., will be his first stop, as well as that of several of his reinforcements.