e. abramiani ,,riveris" eqs–fexburteli da bavshvta gundebis eqs–mwvrtnelia, romeltanac mesim 2000 wels sinji gaiara. dgesac guldawyvetil mwvrtnels argentineli jurnalisti madriduli ,,as"–istvis esaubra:
,,yvelaferi kargad maxsovs – samshabati iyo da bazaze bavshvebs vsinjavdit. amis daviwyeba sheudzlebelia. mesi l. ximenestan ertad warmidga, vistan ertadac ,,niuelsshi" tamashobda. orives axlda f. vairo – ,,niuelsis" mwvrtneli da mamamisi, xorxe. leo 12 wlis iyo da 10 nomeri, leandro ki 9 nomeri. isini sparing–matchshi daayene, dziritadebis winaagmdeg vatamashe da saintereso detalebi davinaxe, magram meore dgistvis davibare. daskvnebi yoveltvis ertze meti naxvit unda gamoitano"
,,l. ximenestan ise iyo, rogorc axla
suarestan . mati tamashis yureba dagamaxsovrdeboda. ertad 3 weli tamashobndnen da es etyobodat kidec, rogorc mindorze, ise moednis migma urtiertobisas. mesis siamovnebda aramarto goli, aramed sagole pasic"
,,ra moxda meore dges? – mesim burtit ganuzomeli rameebi aketa. dominireba, burtis tareba da siswrafe, misi tamashis panorama misi asakis bavshvtagan gasaocrad gansxvavdeboda. ,,rivershi" araerti brwyinvale motamashe minaxavs, magram leo aravis hgavda"
,,yvelaze metad gamakvirva iman, rom sxvanairi bavshvi iyo. arasdros menaxa aseti. dabali iyo, magram me modzravi da teqnikurebi yoveltvis momwonda. myolia gundshi d'alesandro da augusto , ar iyvnen maglebi. im dros vifiqre, rom kidev erti brilianti vipovnet da safexburto skolis
koordinatori delemi misi tamashis sanaxavad davibare"
,,ar aris legenda, man delemis tvalwin martla 11 burti sheagdo. etyoboda, rom fexburts gartobistvis tamashobda da vfiqrob axlac asea, siamovnebis migeba mistvis mtavaria. ar mikvirs is golebi, rac shemdeg gaitana, radgan msgavsi bavshvobashi ukve gautania. 11–dan ert–erti ,,xetafesas" dzalian hgavda – ai im gols, diegosgan gadmoxatuls rom gavs. leos sidzlieris fexburteli am asakshi mxolod maradona
minaxavs"
,,ratom ver moviyvanet? – is ,,niuelss" ekutvnoda da rosarios ligashi tamashobda. me kontraqti gavagzavne, rom klubs daesrulebina da skolashi chagvewera da aqamde ar vici, ra lafsusi daushves. ar vici, ra moxda mamamistan, mas gzis fuli da anazgaureba ekutvnoda. generalur direqtors vesaubre da mesis ganacxadshi rac sheidzleba swrafad sheyvana vtxove. shemdeg dges ximenesi dabrunda da vkitxe, ratom ar axlda mesi – ,,tavs ifaseben? esachiroebat, rom velodot?" – arc leandrom icoda raime. mas shemdeg leoze araferi msmenia, sanam ,,barselonashi" ar chairicxa. chven did motamashe davkarget, romelic mwvrtnelebis kriteriumebs akmayofilebda da ,,river pleitis" legendebsa da istoriul stils sheesatyviseboda"
,,tavidan vicodi, rom ,,la masiashi" iyo. pirvel gundshi debiutis naxvis shemdeg, karieris tvalis midevnebisas ki yvela is azri damidasturda, rac 12 wlis asakshi danaxvisas vifiqre. ar mogatyueb, ,,riveris" fani var da mabrazebs, rom chemi gundis maisurshi mesis xilva ver movaxerxe".
katalonuri presa am dgeebshi werda, rom
mesistvis ,,river pleitis" damarcxeba ,,vendetaa", radgan argentinelebma mis mkurnalobaze uari tqves.