The offensive midfielder felt severe pain in his chest
The Argentine Under 23 team took an important step in its goal of getting a ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. On the penultimate date of the group stage, the team led by Javier Mascherano crushed Chile 5-0 and secured a place in the final quadrangular of the Pre-Olympic that will define the two South American qualifiers for the most important multidisciplinary sporting event in the world.
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In the duel that was played once morest the Trans-Andeans at the Misael Delgado Sports Center, one of the notes before the start of the match was that Diablito Echeverri was a starter for the first time so far in the tournament. The jewel of River Plate, who had a great participation with Argentina in the Under 17 World Cup, which accelerated his transfer to Manchester City for a million-dollar sum, was urgently summoned by the coach due to the loss of Pedro de la Vega due to a muscle injury.
The offensive midfielder entered from the start and 36 minutes into the first half, he had to be assisted by medical personnel from the National Team. He even had to be carried away on a stretcher by the organization’s assistants. When it seemed that he would not be able to complete the initial stage, finally the Diablito continued on the court and was replaced by Mascherano at 19′ of the complement in a triple change that the Jefecito promoted shortly following what was the Albiceleste’s third goal. .
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Once the meeting ended, Echeverri spoke with the present and gave details of the bad moment he went through. “During the game I had a very strong pain in my chest. I mightn’t change the air, I mightn’t breathe very well. I was really scared. I jumped to change the air and then, thank God, it went away a little,” he said in dialogue with journalists at a press conference following the victory once morest Chile.
The scare of Diablito Echeverri in the Pre-Olympic
“Afterwards I continued well. Maybe I’m going to talk to the doctors, see what it is. Something like this had never happened to me, I felt very scared. “I’m fine, thank God,” added the 18-year-old from Resistencia, Chaco, who gave way to Baltasar Rodríguez.
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Beyond the situation he experienced, the midfielder, who will remain at Millonario until 2025, when he will join Los Ciudadanos, was happy to have played from the beginning in such an important competition for the national team. “I am very happy for the victory and the classification. I try to take advantage of this opportunity that the coach gives me. The truth is, we did a great job with the team to take the victory. “We are very good,” he analyzed.
He then revealed how he knew he was going to be in the starting eleven once morest the Chileans. “I found out the morning before the technical talk. He told me (through Mascherano) that he put me to face and dribble once morest the rival team. I tried to do it a little bit. The truth is, I didn’t have a good game. I am very self-critical. Oh well. Little by little we are going to continue improving to reach the final phase very well,” he concluded.
The one who also spoke following the win was the coach of Argentina, who elaborated on his decision to have Diablito go from the start in the match that sealed his team’s classification to the final phase of the Pre-Olympic.
The River Plate player explained what happened to him once morest Chile
“The idea was to find behind their midfielders two players who have the ability to be decisive, to play 1 on 1… Maybe have less control of the game, but be a little more sharp. We need it. We had seen Chile once morest Uruguay, and we might hurt them there,” said the Little Boss regarding his idea of including Echeverri and Nardoni from the beginning of the game.
In turn, he delved into the moment when Echeverri suffered chest pain: “We were also worried because we didn’t know what was happening. Later, when he arrived at halftime, he told us that it was a bit of choking, I don’t know if it was a blow to the chest that left him gasping for air. We will see. As far as I know, there were no problems. I am happy for what he gave us. We know that he is a player that, when we need him, he will be there.”
Before the start of the final home run, which will begin next Monday, the Argentine team will play on Friday once morest Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay, which has already been eliminated from the competition.
