"I know exactly where I am, and that River gives you no time and no margin. You have to win." — Coudet, after losing in La Plata.

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• a coach who knows where he stands, that already counts
• sounds more like self-defence than a plan
• at River words save nobody, winning on Sunday does
• I like the honesty, better than the usual excuses
• if he means it, he should be preparing his exit
• every River coach of the last ten years has said this