Demichelis revealed his argument with Mascherano over the summons to Echeverri

With one day to go before the start of the Pre-Olympic that the Argentina U-23 National Team will play, the technical director of River Plate, Martín Demichelis, revealed in an interview the discussion he had in private with Javier Mascherano, coach of the blue and white team, about the summons to Claudio Echeverri. Demichelis took him little by little and in recent months gave him a greater role in the squad. The explosion of the 17-year-old led him to be called up by Mascherano to the U-23 National Team, and the way generated some discomfort for the River coach. I spoke to Javier[Mascherano]. Well, we came to a consensus in a way, we told each other privately what we had to say to each other, what we had to talk about. The reality is that Claudio (Echeverri) is in the National Team,” he said in dialogue with Hernán Santarsiero on his YouTube channel. But it’s not just Demichelis who has had to loan a player, the other institutions have had to do it too,” he added. In that sense, the coach explained the reason why he communicated with Mascherano. We had loaned Pablo Solari, before the final list it was always Santiago Simón and in this case we have been called up to a player who in recent months has experienced very strong emotions. Everyone had their opinion regarding Echeverri’s summons, but once the player was summoned, River granted it,” he said. Demichelis also referred to the criticism by a certain sector of River fans for Echeverri’s lack of presence in the first team last season. “At the time he came up with us, it was difficult for him to finish training and he went down a lot to the Reserves, where he didn’t finish 60 minutes. When he returned from the U-17 World Cup, we saw that his performances were in line with a First Division match, that’s why he played against Rosario Central in the League Cup and the Champions Trophy,” he said.

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