Welcome Claudio Echeverri | Will join up with first team squad in January (p 16)

[Otamendi's Beard]

some clips of CE vs Uruguay tonight -

He's got such a satisfying style to watch. The knack of drawing a defender, dropping his shoulder and then exploding past them into the space behind.

Plays with his head up which is a big bonus.

 

[shroom]

fyi, Arg has qualified for the Final Stage with Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay - 4 team group, 3 matches each on Feb 5/8/11, top 2 teams go to the Olympics - afterwards CE will head back to River Plate for Spring cup matches and Copa Libs

 

[DisturbedSwan]

Certainly looks a talent, we’ve got him at a bargain price as well.

Look forward to seeing him in blue in a few years time.

 

[bailey_wynne]

I have written about Echeverri in my latest newsletter post, linked below.

He is a special talent that is going to look rough or like he is a kid right now given his need to develop physically. All the stuff on the ball, passing vision and dribbling through players just can't be taught at City or on loan. Him being sharper with defensive positioning, using his explosive pace to recover balls and better body positioning to win aerial duels can be. Going to grow physically this year as we have seen with other City players who came through young.

2025 I reckon he is pushing for a squad position and impressing us all in pre-season.

Under the Lights

Brentford Game Preview, February Fixtures and Thoughts on Echeverri

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[shroom]

CE started for Arg against Ven, lasted 55m - very up and down performance, some nifty attacking actions but too many turnovers. Left with the score 1-1. Both teams went down a man just before half ... both reds for bouncing the ball off an opponent's head. lolz

Edit: somebody did a compilation for him vs Ven - match ended 2-2:

 

[jim tolmies perm]

CE started for Arg against Ven, lasted 55m - very up and down performance, some nifty attacking actions but too many turnovers. Left with the score 1-1. Both teams went down a man just before half ... both reds for bouncing the ball off an opponent's head. lolz

Edit: somebody did a compilation for him vs Ven - match ended 2-2:

 

[shroom]

Arg 3 - 3 Paraguay ... Arg will need a result vs Brazil in their last group game to advance to the Olympics.
CE came off the bench today at 62m. Somebody's already put up a few clips on YT ...

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Arg 3 - 3 Paraguay ... Arg will need a result vs Brazil in their last group game to advance to the Olympics.
CE came off the bench today at 62m. Somebody's already put up a few clips on YT ...

I watched it on my dodgy box. On Fox Sports 2.

He did one nice pass which should've led to an assist and was constantly asking for the ball. Apart from that he didn't impact the game very much. His defensive work pretty non-existent and he gives the ball away quite a bit.

In his defence, Argentina are not a great side at this level and the pitches they're playing on look terrible. Felt to me like he was trying to avoid getting hurt, which is understandable given Paraguay were full of cloggers.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Might get some minutes against Brazil U23 later. On at 8.30pm (usually Fox Sports 2).

 

[shroom]

Might get some minutes against Brazil U23 later. On at 8.30pm (usually Fox Sports 2).

Came on at 76m - twitter folks said he added freshness, energy and creativity to Arg. Arg scores late to win 1-0 and qualifies for the Olympics with Paraguay. Add that to CE's Summer sked. Now back to River Plate ...