River Plate took a great first step in Argentine Cup 2022: for the 32nd final of the contest, he thrashed 5-0 againstDeportivo Laferrere, First C team, with goals from Bruno Zuculini, Julian AlvarezJuanfer Quintero, Andrés Herrera and José Paradela.
Although he did not offer his best version, what I want to highlight about Marcelo Gallardo’s team is that he never lowered the intensity to face the confrontation with his rival, neither in the first minutes where he exerted the high pressure that he has as usual nor in the closing, trying to convert as many goals as possible.
There is a phrase in football that is still very true because it is old: “There is no better way to respect your rival than to score as many goals as you can.” That’s what River did with Laferrere, unlike many teams that face inferior rivals, especially in this Argentine Cup.
Whether they want to or not, intentionally or inadvertently, they lower their guard after a while, when they know that the game will be favorable, they drop from fifth to first, from time to time they put second, but they do nothing but wait for the match to end.
On the other hand in River, due to the demand of the DT with his soccer players and because of the healthy but competitive fight of the soccer players to earn a place in the starting XI for future commitments, each game is a final, each aerial game life, every opportunity a chance to show what you’re for.
The River players understand that perfectly, and besides, they never lower their level so as not to disrespect their rival, in this case Laferrere: they know that many of them at some point were in clubs of that category, or that the football takes so many turns that you never know. They are rivals but they are still colleagues.
River will be measured in the next instance against the winner of the crossing between Barracas Central, a team from the Professional League, and Acassuso, a club that is in the Metropolitan B. Regardless of the rival, we will observe an overwhelming team, demanding of itself and that will go to the front looking to convert as many goals as possible. And that is very good.
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