This is how Demichelis experienced River’s new title: cold greeting, wild shout of goal and a tight explanation

With a shot from Solari, which deflected off Zaid Romero, River achieved equality. After, Rodrigo Aliendrowho had entered at 43 of the second half, four minutes later gave him the title of Millionaire with a hellish shot that hit the ball in the corner.

Demichelis turned around and wildly shouted the goal that gave his team the title. At first it was thought that the coach’s reaction was like revenge against the people of River, but later it was learned that in that sector where the goal was shouted there was the partiality of Students.

It was surprising how the coach “exploded”, but it was understandable due to all the pressure he had been putting on his back.

”Make the interpretation you want. Goals are loves and they are shouted. “I am a River fan and, in a final, how can I not shout a goal?” was the response that the DT provided, avoiding delving into controversies and versions.

Demichelis He also based the emotion he showed in the second goal in the talk he had with the players at halftime: “I can speak with authority about the defeat because I lost the three most important finals that a soccer player can play in: the World Cup final, that of the Champions League and that of the Copa América. At halftime I told the boys that the finals are not coming back, the game was to be played and won. I wanted them to understand that in the first half we were not playing well. They started to play it and There are the fruits, that’s why I shouted a lot. My family was also there, who ate palazos. I was able to become very distracted these days, because surely if I had read so many opinion experts that, although it is good that it is like that in our passionate country With respect to football, I would have had to change the starting 11 every day.

Regarding the criticism he received before and during the game from the fans, he said that “The truth is that I imagined this game, I dreamed about it and I had been thinking about it for a long time, but football is unpredictable. On the other side there was a great coach and a great team. I could have made a change after 15 minutes to put in one more midfielder. I considered at halftime that Santiago Simón had to come on.”

And he added: “Their early goal affected us a lot, it made us impatient. It wasn’t us in the first half, but we had a great second half. We evolved and I think we were more dominant, although that doesn’t guarantee you winning a game.”

Along these lines, he continued: “The changes came in well. As unfortunately in this sport the result is king, everything would have been wrong if River he did not emerge champion. I dedicate it to all the people, that’s why I shouted it a lot. “I didn’t want him to get away from us.”

“I understand that the River fan is demanding and I said it a long time ago. Immediacy in life does not exist and neither does football. People filled the field on a Wednesday night with the prices, the trips and the storm that occurred “The one who gets the most upset when we don’t win a game is me, but I have to manage my emotions. After Independiente I didn’t go to the conference because I was already thinking about Estudiantes,” he continued.

In that sense, the “Millonario” coach remarked: “Josep Guardiola for me is the best coach in Europe but it took him seven years to win the Champions League, being able to buy any player. Its not that easy. I dedicate it to the people of River who support and to those who demand good. I hope that today everyone on the River Plate is truly happy.”

A cold greeting

Demichelis also spoke about the reunion with midfielder Enzo Pérez. Morbidity floated in the air because when the steering wheel left River The relationship with the DT was not on good terms.

In August 2023, the internment broke out inside River after the off the record in which Demichelis He shared with some journalists his opinion – with little filter – about the leaders of the team, among them Enzo Perez.

River He was going through a complicated footballing present since he had been eliminated in the second round of the Libertadores against Internacional from Brazil, in addition to a streak of bad results achieved outside the Monumental that put Demichelis in the eye of the storm. This situation not only had an impact on the image that the coach had on the outside, when he was already being criticized by the fans, but also on the inside: he began to be seen askance, mainly by those in charge.

Demichelis became resisted by experienced footballers, who were accustomed to another form of coaching during the eight years of the era. Marcelo Gallardo. At that time, some alleged decisions that the coach was going to make, thinking about 2024, that involved the most experienced footballers, came to light. A generational change was coming and Enzo Pérez ended up going to Estudiantes.

For this reason, morbidity was floating in the air about what the crossing between the two was going to be like. However, before the start of the match against Students, Enzo Pérez went to the River substitutes’ bench and the first one he greeted was Demichelis, with a somewhat warm handshake. The truth is that in the image it seems that the technical director was not expecting him, he looked the other way and was surprised by his arrival.

However, the technician pointed out: “The greeting didn’t surprise me because I also respected him a lot. In his last game I put him above everyone so that he could say goodbye and people would applaud him. I didn’t care if he greeted me today or not, I always analyzed the soccer player, he trained phenomenally and that’s why he played. I don’t believe much in coincidences, in fact today when Enzo was no longer on the field we were able to score the two goals,” he praised. “He is a great player who, on the first day, when they appointed me coach of River, I called and told him that Please continue because you considered that you still had a lot to give us, and you gave us,” the coach acknowledged.

The numbers support it

The truth is that beyond the criticism, the statistics support the work of Demichelis com DT of River. After the end of the Gallardo cycle, Demichelis came to River in November 2022. The DT became champion of the Professional League in July 2023 and celebrated the Champions Trophy last December in the final against Rosario Central.

In addition, they reached 40 wins in 67 games, with 15 draws and 12 losses, with an effectiveness of 67.2%.

With the title won last night at the Mario Kempes, He equaled Daniel Passarella’s line and entered the top ten of coaches with the most Olympic laps in the club.

The ranking is comfortably led by Marcelo Gallardo with 14 celebrations, followed by Ramón Díaz (9) and José María Minella (8).

Next are Ángel Labruna, Emérico Hirschl and Renato Cesarini, all with six. While Pasarella and Demichelis and Héctor Veira have three conquests.