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D’Onofrio Urges Silence from River Fans, Backs Coudet, Presses Board to Lead

His message re-centers leadership as the path out of River’s slump.

Overview

  • D’Onofrio, in a La Página Millonaria interview published Wednesday, asked supporters to drop boos and insults and to use silence as a protest at the Monumental.
  • He said the squad lacks strong voices on the field and contrasted today’s group with past leaders like Jonatan Maidana, Javier Pinola, Enzo Pérez, and Leonardo Ponzio.
  • He voiced full confidence in coach Eduardo Coudet to turn results around and used a Teatro Colón metaphor to argue the team needs players who fit the stadium’s grandeur.
  • He praised president Stefano Di Carlo’s management, citing the River ID membership system that expanded the base to about 350,000, yet said this phase now requires clearer presidential leadership.
  • The intervention followed a 1-0 home loss to Atlético Tucumán that stoked fan anger, and he also criticized Martín Demichelis’s exit saga for hurting team spirit during the transition.