Christian Traverso pointed against Martin Demichelis after the victory of River 1-0 against Boca at the Monumental Stadium for the fifteenth day of the Professional Soccer League 2023. The former Xeneize player was upset with the statements made by the Millionaire coach about Nicholas Figal at the post-Superclásico press conference.
«Demichelis cancheró her. She caught the Palavecino virus »expressed the current panelist on the screen of the TyC Sports channel. “The previous coach (by Marcelo Gallardo) would have said ‘I dedicate myself to talking about the team'”added the former world champion soccer player with Boca in 2000. “I am him, I take care of my team and that’s it”, sentenced.
Martín Demichelis’ criticism of Nicolás Figal
After the victory against Racing for date 14 of the local tournament, the defender of Boca declared: “Now, we will go step by step, to Chile to win and play a good game in the chicken coop.” A phrase that generated controversy in the preview of the superclassic, in which Agustín Palavecino took advantage of Miguel Borja’s goal to take revenge by shouting the goal in his face.
«For many it was surely a Chicana. For me, she spoke with a lot of respect because she said: “We are going to win in Chile and play a good game at the Gallinero.” They didn’t even play a good game,” said Micho. As for the nickname “Gallinero”, he narrowed: “It disrespected one of the most wonderful stadiums in the world. Every game that is played here, 83-84 thousand people come. It is the largest in South America at club level.
Finally, who had a successful debut as the Millionaire’s coach in the superclassic, stated on the subject: «And then he said the other thing with respect. Maybe he had respect for this River, I’ll leave it there. Out of respect, he did not say that he came to win, but to have a good game ».
