Desperate because the equipment is not working, the Gallardo Doll asked Cacho Martínez, his trusted mechanic, to check the River equipment to see if he could get any solution, from his professional point of view. While they finished watching a video together of the last game he lost with Talleres, this surprising dialogue could be heard:
–And Cacho, did you find the team?
–I realized why it is no longer the winning machine it was. The engine fails, first of all. But there are also defensive problems. It shows that you had to make some changes because the team did not start, especially in the game with Boca. I think that’s because the distribution of the game fails, that defender you put there is rusty, he can’t run, so he’ll never start you, if I were you I’d make an urgent change. There in the middle zone fails the fuse you put to neutralize rival attacks. And then the middle axis of the team, which is the one that supports the counterattack, has no choice but to give ground. To begin with, I would do the alignment and balance of the midfield. It is necessary to correct the wear of the defenders to give them more width and depth….and I would also change the lane. Although this is a part that cannot be obtained separately, the entire line of steering wheels must be changed…
–Well, it’s not that they don’t work either, it’s true that we no longer have the Ponzio motor, but well… we bought some good spare parts.
–Look at that extra turn that the steering wheel makes, there I see that the left part of the defense is the one that suffers the most wear… look how every time the 6 rotates from left to right it loses precision and aggressiveness. half an hour into the game the team slows down?
Yes, it can be, sometimes…
–That is because the substitute who entered the match with Boca fails, you would have to make a correction to the volume of the game. And I would also change the entire defense for a completely new one because no matter how many times you give it, it will almost always disengage…there are a couple of very good Brazilian defenders, they make a fortune, but I recommend them…there are also alternatives, from the national industry, they are easier to get.
–We can’t buy anything, the pass market has already closed. We have some unused spare parts stored in the bank.
–You do what you want. I will show you where the fault is. Then don’t expect a fastball recovery. Against Workshops they failed. They don’t work, as they say. To add volume to the game and to make it look aesthetic, you would have to give more precision to the defensive structure, counteract the rival attack by closing the interior lanes, incorporate a clearer strategy and change the winning mentality of each piece of the team.
–It is not a big deal.
–If you want, I’ll do it for you. And I’ll give you a good price. Between the materials and the labor, I’m going to have to charge you about 350,000 pesos. It was more expensive for you to have made those mistakes last game. Of course, you’re going to have to leave it in the workshop until tomorrow…
–To the whole team?
–Yes, of course… that way I work calmly, I also check the line of midfielders… also think that I have to dismantle and repair each piece of the defense, calibrate a couple of midfielders and refine the aim of the forwards, there is a lot of work to do do there. But yes, you will see that on Wednesday you have them training again and on Sunday they score goals.
–No, thanks for your look, but no.
–Hacé what you want but if they do not manage to recompose themselves in front of Patronage, we review it again. Let’s go champion?
