Hours after the game against Colón, the captain seriously analyzes what will be of his future.
The defeat before Central Tents already left behind and River look forward. Due to that fall, this Wednesday night there will be no Olympic round at the Monumental against Colón de Santa Fe, but Núñez’s team will seek to return to victory to take the final step that will leave them one step away from a new title. After the massive turnover, ahead of the game with the sabalero The headlines will return. And there is a question: Will Enzo Pérez be among them?
Your presence in the team is outside the decision that the captain of River will take at the end of this year. For the match against Colón, Martín Demichelis plans to include him as a starter. But beyond this meeting with the team from Santa Fe and those that remain to finish the championship, the doubt is on what will Pérez do after December when his contract is up. Will follow?
The River captain once again reconsidered his future and, unlike what happened two months ago, when everything was on track to renew for another season, now, according to their entourage, the situation has changed and today he does not see a red and white future so clearly in 2024, beyond that those colors will always carry them in the blood. The renewal talks with the leadership are latent and from the club they seek to continue advancing, but the man from Mendoza stepped on the brake.
Enzo Pérez got on Martín Demichelis’s horse to celebrate Pablo Solari’s great goal in River’s victory against Sporting Cristal. Photo: Video Capture.
Among other issues, His football situation makes him think. It is that, as far as he could know Clarion– That in the games in which Pérez was absent due to his injury (synovitis in the left knee), the team had a greater dynamic, starting with the entry of Solari. And also that modification gave him the possibility of playing with two forwards and having a greater offensive presence. In turn, Rodrigo Aliendro, with the help of Nicolás De La Cruz, was able to maintain himself as the only “5”.
Demichelis himself admitted it at a press conference. “Today it is difficult for Rodrigo (Aliendro) not to start in that position because of the great present he is having,” said the DT. Although he also highlighted Pérez: “It is clear that Enzo is not one of the others, he had a brilliant first few months and gave us a lot.”
And it is so. Enzo had a great first part of the year. But with an asterisk. It stood out again when Demichelis put a flyer (Aliendro) next to it so that it would not be exposed alone in the center circle. So, he modified the scheme and began to play with five midfielders and a single striker.
The change in tactical arrangement paid off and River was strengthened. However, in the last month, the best of the team was seen with two attackers. In fact, that’s how he played in perhaps the best games of the cycle so far, against Fluminense and Defensa y Justicia. And when he went back to the five midfielders (against The Strongest), the team was down one gear. This could be due to physical exhaustion from so much demand, but Solari’s entry into the supplement gave him more rhythm.
Enzo Pérez, symbol of the River of recent times. Photo: Maxi Failla
Pérez could not play against the Brazilian team because he was suspended for having accumulated three yellow cards in the Cup. Likewise, he would not have been able to play either because he was affected by synovitis that left him out for three weeks.
His return was against Institute. He went to the substitute bench, entered at halftime and played the entire second half, that is, 45 minutes. And against The Strongest he started, but he came out 12 minutes into the second half, that is, he played almost an hour (57 minutes). The man from Mendoza hoped to continue adding pace against Barracas Central. However, Demichelis preferred to keep it. And he left him sitting on the substitute bench.
The one who played the whole game as central midfielder was Matías Kranevitter, whom Demichelis wanted to give a full match. El Colo, already recovered from his serious injury to his left ankle, continues adding game time and begins to ask for clues.
Captain. Enzo Perez, last April, commanding an exit from River. Photo: Maxi Failla.
Against Colón, Pérez will surely start again and it is more than likely that the championship will end in that condition. But, in the future, it is not clear. Is that eFootball is very dynamic. And Enzo, very passionate and sensitive.
At the beginning of this 2023, the central midfielder was in doubt about his continuity. Then he felt good and seemed all set to settle for one more season. Now, he prefers to wait to see how he reaches the end of the year physically and footballingly, at which time his contract is fulfilled. And then? Later it will be seen…
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2023-07-04 18:21:37
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