[Sport] Strong phrase from Diablito Echeverri after his debut as a starter at River Plate: “I'm not going to renew, but I'm going to stay for a year or six months”

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Claudio Echeverri started for the first time in River Plate this Friday in the final of the Champions Trophy against Rosario Central and in a handful of minutes he left a waste of individual actions that justified his entry into Martín Demichelis' team from the start. Although his outstanding debut from the beginning was overshadowed at a certain point by the phrase he uttered after winning the title: “I'm not going to renew, but I'm going to stay at the club for a year or six months.”

In just 3 minutes, the forward of the Argentine Under 17 team already made Canalla tremble because he captured a volley in the area after a cross from Enzo Díaz that went just outside the near post. With full confidence after that appearance, El Diablito teamed up closely with Nicolás De la Cruz in the middle, but also surprised on the ends, as when he overflowed from the right and launched the center behind that goalkeeper Fatura Broun sent to the corner.

The other clear action of his authorship came around the 19th minute, when he asked the Uruguayan for the ball and from long distance he tried with a very powerful corner shot that forced the Rosario Central goalkeeper to show off to defuse the danger.

Before, Echeverri had already assisted Facundo Colidio in the area, but the forward missed his shot, and had also earned a foul after dribbling past Ignacio Malcorra.

 

 

From that free kick, De la Cruz hit the crossbar. Without a doubt, a headline debut above expectations.

In the complement, the boy from River Plate retired by decision of Demichelis so that Ignacio Fernández entered, to complete a more than positive performance. El Diablito, who was a figure for Argentina in the Under 17 World Cup, was chosen to join the attack front against Canalla. Previously, he had gone to the substitute bench on 17 occasions and had taken the field on about 5 occasions.

Claudio Echeverri is the main jewel of the lower divisions of River Plate and the brilliant Under 17 World Cup that he had with the Argentine national team put him definitively on the radar of the giants of European football. El Diablito dazzled everyone with his skill and goals, three of them in the victory against Brazil. That is why it is not surprising that Barcelona itself has set its eyes on him.

After the game, the youth spoke about his debut as a starter and also about the doubts that exist regarding his continuity in Núñez: “Happy for another trophy won. Very happy for the team and the work we did. Ownership is a prize, that's what we work for all week. “Demichelis told me in training on Thursday that he was going to start because I had a great week.”

“It was a very trying year. Very nice on an individual level in the South American and the World Cup, but he was not satisfied because he really wanted to play here in River. I was very excited to play more minutes and unfortunately I couldn't play.

 

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