Francescoli praised Demichelis and clarified Otamendi’s situation

The current manager of River Plate, Enzo Francescoli, valued the work being developed by coach Martín Demichelis and admitted that “I did not think that the group and the coaching staff worked so fast”, referring to the departure of Marcelo Gallardo in December 2022. We are happy because it was the idea to continue and make the transition of the success of Marcelo (Gallardo)”, said the Uruguayan idol in an interview for D Sports and added: “After Marcelo (Gallardo) informed me of his departure, we had to think. What I noticed first of Martin (Demichelis) was the technical-tactical part”, in an interview with D Sports.River marches pointer in the Professional League with six points ahead of San Lorenzo with an exceptional performance, and yesterday got his first victory in the Copa Libertadores over Sporting Cristal with one player less. ” Bayern was preparing him to be a coach,” Francescoli said, adding: “His desire to come to River, his way of being. I really admire his decisions and his personality.” On the other hand, he referred to the possible arrival of Nicolás Otamendi, the defending champion with Argentina in Qatar 2022, and admitted that “it is difficult”. “Hopefully at some point Nico (Otamendi) happens, we know the capacity he has, it depends on him. We know the numbers that Benfica manages. Unless he says he wants to sit at a table with us.” While, in this sense, he praised the high performances of Esequiel Barco and Matías Suárez: “There is an obligation to buy Barco and there will be no problem with that. Let everyone rest assured that there will be no problem, between now and June there is time.” We will continue to accompany Matías (Suárez). He left a lot to be at River. It has a lot to give us and will be seen in due course in December. I don’t know where the rumor came from that it didn’t stay,” he concluded.

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