Kevin Colli on Clásico Santafesino: "I was waiting for my chance" | OneFootball

The playmaker who joined Colón in mid-2024 and had a stint at River during his development and Atlético Paranaense in Brazil, spoke on the microphones of ADN in the morning on Radio Gol and anticipated the Clásico Santafesino for the semifinals of the Copa Santa Fe this Saturday from 3 PM. The 21-year-old player earned a spot in the Reserve led by Martín Minella and became one of the key pieces in the return of the Sabalero to compete in the top formative tournament of the AFA.

On Minella's vision: "Martín talked to us a lot, and the reality is that beyond being a classic, he tries to give the boys peace of mind, to know that it's just another match, a game to keep growing, to keep projecting into the future and to stay calm to give their best in this match." And he commented: "I see him calm, I see him well, I have already played a classic, even though it was in the reserve, now Copa Santa Fe, but I see him calm and more eager than anything else."

"The main characteristic of ours is clean play, being able to play a new touch, we already knew it was going to be a very difficult match for all the reasons, especially with their people, as they already had experience and everything, but we tried to lower the ball and play cleanly with a new touch, although at times the field was not in condition, but we kept trying anyway."

His time at River and Atlético Paranaense

"I arrived at River in 2010, I was at River for almost 12 years, went through the reserve, I was there for quite some time. The opportunity arose to go to Brazil, to Atlético Paranaense, I saw it as a good opportunity, a nice possibility, to keep adding things. I was there for a year and 10 months, almost 2 years in Brazil. I played, I was in quite a few matches there in the reserve too, because there is a lot of competition and when I returned, it came as an agreement that I wouldn't continue, I was going to try to terminate the contract, and then the possibility of coming to Colón existed and as I repeated when they asked me, I didn't hesitate for a second."

On how he got to the Brazilian club: "In a friendly match, it was something we did with them, football has those changes, in a second, I had no idea. It was in a friendly, they saw me, it seems they liked how I played and they got in touch with the club and the representative to reach an agreement to go there."

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