"Put him in Colidio to play in Solano": the unusual comparison of the Excursionistas coach to harangue his players before facing River

One is in the Professional League and the other in the First B, two steps below.

One makes 50 consecutive games that fill all the seats in his stadium and the other denies in the stands when the team's campaign does not help.

But in the

Argentine Cup

, as they always say,

anything can happen

.

And

Excursionistas

has much more to gain than to lose when this Wednesday they face

River

in Santa Fe for the 32nd round.

And beyond all the obvious differences that may arise regarding infrastructure, clothing, budget and even training conditions, you have to compete and in 90 minutes the coin can fall from one side to the other.

For this reason, the coach of Excursionistas, an 'old sea dog' of the promotion like

Juan Carlos Kopriva

, was quick on his reflexes and raised a controversy that could blur the millionaire team.

"I told them to play it and enjoy it, not to see the River players up there, far away. Let them imagine them playing in the neighborhood, which is what I always tell them. Take them to play in the neighborhood to the River players, put him in Colidio in Solano, in Quilmes, in Merlo, there the differences are reduced

," he argued.

"PUT IT TO COLIDIO TO PLAY IN SOLANO, IN QUILMES, IN MERLO... THE DIFFERENCES ARE NINKING" Juan Carlos Kopriva, coach of Excursio, analyzed the preview of the duel vs.

River and told what he tells his players ahead of the Argentine Cup.

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"What happens is that the opulence of River, the training places, the hierarchy of the players end up making a big difference. But in quality, I think that some of the players we have can be in River and if they adapt to the speed and the technique they have would fit together

," he concluded.

Excursionistas has just achieved promotion from the First C and debuted in the Third Division of Argentine soccer with a defeat at home in Bajo Belgrano against Comunicaciones (2-1).

However, the intention of the "Green" coach is not to make many changes because he prefers to consolidate a base, despite the fact that he will face one of the most powerful adversaries in Argentine football.

The match will depend - almost exclusively - on River, which should impose its highest hierarchy without any surprises, regardless of the surprises that the Argentine Cup offers year after year.