Coudet arrives at River: speaks at Monumental, awaits training | OneFootball

The Coudet Day has arrived. This Wednesday, Chacho landed in the country and will put on the River coach’s suit for the first time. He’ll have a long day, as his plane landed in the early hours of the morning: he was presented at the Monumental at noon and will only have his first training session in the afternoon.

Coudet arrived on Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1133, which departed from Madrid at 19:09. He set foot on our soil at Ministro Pistarini Airport just before 4:30 a.m. and, after giving his first words as River’s coach to the media present in Ezeiza, he went to rest and drop off his belongings. He admitted: “I’m happy and grateful to River and to all the people. It was a long trip, I have to stop by home and then I’m heading to the Monumental.”

At noon, at the Monumental (accompanied by president Di Carlo and manager Francescoli), Chacho attended the press conference to be officially presented in his new role. Among other things, he said:

“There’s work ahead, a beautiful journey together begins, with a lot of hope” He praised Marcelo Gallardo: “It’s not an easy situation, the most successful coach in the club’s history has left” He acknowledged contact with the Muñeco: “The first thing I did was get in touch with Marcelo, whom I want to thank publicly from the bottom of my heart for his words” “I like the chaos of being at River, I know the responsibility I have here”

After lunch, Chacho will head back to Ezeiza to take charge of his first practice as coach of the professional squad. It will take place at 5 p.m., and it is expected that before it begins, there will be an introductory talk between the new coaching staff and the players.

The positive thing for Chacho is that he’ll have a full week of work with his new team, since this Tuesday the Argentine Football Association confirmed a strike that will last from Thursday, March 5, until Sunday, March 8, and will prevent the normal development of matchday 9, which has been postponed to the first week of May. His debut will be next Thursday, March 12, at 9:30 p.m., when River will visit Huracán for the tenth round of the Torneo Apertura.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.