Maxi López, famous forward raised in the lower categories of River Plate, hurries in the Crotone of the Italian Serie B the last years of his career. He landed in Europe signing for Barcelona and would also play in Russia or Brazil years after he stopped wearing the 'Millonario' team jacket. Although it is in the transalpine country where much of his career as a footballer has taken place.
In Italy, Maxi had his pluses and minuses with some of the coaches he worked with, although an interview collected by the Argentine newspaper Olé highlighted the one who starred alongside Germán “el Mono” Burgos, current second coach of Atlético de Madrid. This event happened in Catania, a team commanded by a coaching staff with the same protagonists as that of the rojiblanco team. This is how the Argentine forward narrated: “I had been starting and Cholo took me out of the team. I was nervous about the birth of my son and I told them that I did not want to go to Naples. After 15 minutes they made me go out to warm up and I did not want to. The Monkey wanted me to eat. It was to go against death, but Professor Ortega reassured me and in the second half I ended up going in and asked for forgiveness. “
In their statements, made special mention of the coach with whom River has once again risen with a wound at the continental level: Marcelo Gallardo. López had to play alongside him at the Monumental and defined it as follows: “Already on the field he was a coach. He had many characteristics. He showed that he has a very high ceiling, from the way he reads football. It is one of the smartest. It has great capacity and a European future. “
The interview ended praising the figure of the Burrito Ortega: “River gave him joy, he was like Ronaldinho in Barcelona”, and also speaking from a more personal perspective: “I have not seen my children for four months. On the first day that I can leave the region, I am going to see them. I miss them to die.”