After a very good first semester, the image of Martín Demichelis began to decline among River fans for different reasons, to the point of having been whistled by part of the Monumental. And although the coach knows that the Copa Libertadores will be fundamental for people’s consideration, behind closed doors the support is total, and in that sense, Hernán Díaz, former River footballer and currently working at the club, joined the club.
“Demichelis I really like it a lot. If everything that happened happened with, for me, the best coach in history, Gallardo, and then someone came and everything that happened happened, I signed with my elbows“said the former right back of the Greatest, in an interview with Nicolás Distasio for The Millionaire Page. “We all said ‘what do we do’, if someone else like him wasn’t going to come out, and Demichelis arrived and everything that happened happened.”.
Demichelis received the resounding support of Hernán Díaz.
“I understand success, I understand that you have to demand, but the team played very well when they became champions.”. Then many things happened, very key pieces of the team have left, but they were leaders in the Copa Libertadores and we are doing very well in the championship,” Diaz added. In any case, he did highlight that “As the coach himself says, we must improve things“, but he stressed that “I know Demichelis and they have a lot of capacity.”
Hernán Díaz, on the training of youth players and the role of Demichelis
Currently, the champion of the Copa Libertadores 1996 He works as coach of the Inferiores, so he gave a vision about the training of footballers and the importance of the First Division coach as the last link in the chain.
The Santa Fe native recognized that “there are processes and moments” but he stated that “the player stands alone.” “It is not the same to debut at 16 or at 19, there is a physical issue, of maturation. But when you see that the player is progressing, that he understands the game, he gets on his own.”he explained. In that sense, he said that “It is nice to win, but we have to train players.”
“I believe that Demichelis has helped a lot in the process of Echeverri and Mastantuono, from Zabala, are young. Because many times we do not realize what it means for a boy to play for a club like River, they have to grow alongside the greats, players who are models to learn from.“, he highlighted.
Claudio Echeverri, River’s greatest jewel.
Finally, Díaz disowned those who boast of having been the discoverers of young talents. “You did not discover Echeverri, if you did not discover him, I would discover him. “You were lucky enough to be in front of him and see him play, but then someone received him in Retiro at 3 in the morning, someone contained him, someone advised him.” “We are all part of a mechanism that tries to get the boy to play in the First Division”, sentenced.
