On the return to training Martín Demichelis reinforced with his players the concept of not relaxingeven though the local title is just around the corner since River They are nine points ahead of Talleres and San Lorenzo, with fifteen at stake. And to quickly leave behind the setback of Saturday with Central Tentswhich is still making noise.
From the moment the formation was known, an hour before the game at Claudio chiki Tapia, the question that was replicated from all sides was: why was there a massive turnover of players? What were the reasons that led Demichelis to put together an unprecedented line-up?
The coach already gave indications in the press conference after the defeat with Barracas Central. “The rotation was very, very necessary because we come from a physical and mental wear, even more important than the physical one, which has been very great in recent weeks. In the run-up to The Strongest there were guys on the edge. And if something happened to us there, it was that we had lost our freshness,” said Micho.
The joy of Barracas Central after beating River. Photo: Juano Tesone.
These situations that the coach commented on were ratified by members of the coaching staff through Clarion. First of all, noticed that the headlines had lowered a march against The Strongest, game in which the team lacked freshness and intensity. And that those issues were due to the GPS indicators were at the limit. So, as usual, the physical trainer Flavio Pérez detailed the body levels in which each player was and then the coach made the decision to rotate.
“Three or four players can break us”, was the conclusion they drew when making the final evaluation if a team similar to the one that had played with The Strongest on Tuesday at the Monumental was presented. And if that happened, they not only ran the risk of not having them in the last matches of the tournament, but also of not reaching the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, which will be in early August.
The players who were on the limit were Esequiel Barco (had played all the games since the beginning of the year) and Milton Casco. That’s why they didn’t even go to the substitute bench. While, of the usual headlines only Franco Armani and Enzo Díaz played from the beginning.
That is the explanation of the rotation from the physical point of view. Then comes the strategic and tactical. And in that sense, Demichelis’s decisions also left doubts since it included players who had not had a large number of minutes for a long time, who showed that they were several levels below the rest in terms of physique and football. As for example -to cite a case-Solomon Rondonfrom whom much more is expected.
Martín Demichelis gestures during the match against Barracas Central. Photo: Juano Tesone
And in the agglomeration of substitutes, the coach decided to play with a line of 3/5 in defense, three inside midfielders and two forwards, when perhaps the circumstances called for more of a classic 4-4-2. Not only because it was a formation that did not have a match as a background, but also because of the size of the field. And in the inkwell it was also latent why Solari did not play from the start since on Tuesday he had entered the second half and in the previous games he had been leaving.
Demichelis considered in the preview that his scheme could still be adapted to the playing field of Barracas. “It was a small field, where there is a lot of pitching. I wanted the full-backs to press their full-backs much faster, three center-backs for their forwards… They played us with Tapia loose and we had a center-back left over. Faced with this anomaly of playing a game that is different from what we are used to, I wanted us to feel comfortable defensively so that we could progress later. But it cost us. The pace of the game and the court were slow, many game interruptions”explained the River coach.
And regarding the double 9, he added: “I wanted to get an advantage from the passing game to throw crosses at them, but it didn’t work out, we didn’t see much of it. Ideas are trained, but then there is a rival”.
After the hard defeat received on Saturday, against a rival with whom it was discounted that River could score points, Demichelis affirmed that from all the parties “you get an experience”. And he stated: “I fully trust the squad, when opportunities appear you have to demonstrate and live up to it, enter into the internal competitiveness of the squad. Then I’ll do an analysis of everything.”
River found no answers in Olavarría and Lunas. Photo: Juano Tesone
After giving them a Sunday off for their players to recover from “physical and emotional wear” To which the former defender referred, DT plans to return to his best in the next two games, against Colón and San Lorenzo, which could sentence this championship. So, Before Colón, more than half of the team will change again for them to return Casco, paulo diaz, Enzo Perez, Rodrigo Aliendro, From the cross, Nacho Fernandez, Barco y beltran. It will not be able to include Solari because he reached five yellow cards.
Meanwhile, it will also have available to Leandro Gonzalez Pirezwho after eleven days of recovery due to a strain suffered in the left hamstring during the game against Instituto, received a medical discharge, which is good news for Demichelis since he will be able to count on the most consistent central marker he had this year .
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2023-07-03 18:46:52
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