This Sunday, November 13, Marcellus Gallardo says goodbye to her 8-year cycle River with a friendly with Betis. The match, scheduled for 17:00, will be full of emotions and a game that promises, on the part of the Andalusian club, to have the best players at their disposal.
The match will be played at Malvinas Argentinas Stadium from the city of Mendoza. It will be the second day of the triangular Internacional Sodimac, which started with the victory of River Plate over Colo Colo, 4-3.
River will travel to Mendoza on a flight from Santiago de Chilewhich will arrive at 13:00, after completing a few days of training in Viña del Mar. The coaching staff decided not to return to Buenos Aires to avoid many transfers. The Slumdog Millionaire will stay at the Hotel Cóndor de los Andes, across from the Mendoza Plaza Shopping, in the municipality of Guaymallén, Greater Mendoza.
The Betis arrived this Friday evening in Mendoza and stayed in the same hotel that River will occupy tomorrow. The teams will train after noon and in the afternoon there will be a press conference by the two coaches at the Parque General San Martín stadium.
There are only a few tickets left for a capacity of 40,000 that the Mendoza stadium has. The popular ones are out of stock. Only unnumbered open stalls for $9,000 and covered stalls for $12,500 remain. They are obtained through the Ticketek system, those who want to follow it on TV or on mobile devices must be registered on the Star+ platform.
“It is possible that there are some Betis fans, a club with fans in Argentina, although clearly the majority will be from River”Marc Tarradas, one of the organizers and member of the Spanish League, tells Clarín.
The day when Marcelo Gallardo will be the protagonist of his last meeting as manager of Riverafter more than eight years in technical direction, he will have some surprises for Doll, after having played the match against Pellegrini’s team, DT champion of the last Spanish King’s Cup, who was one of the coaches with whom he led Doll in one of his stages as a River footballer.
“Pellegrini has always shown us his interest in coming to Argentinawhich is his second homeland, and Chile, his home country, and that’s why he has brought in a very competitive team”, explains Tarradas, about the decision to make this triangular game and which, fortunately for the organizers , coincided with the farewell to Gallant.
“Up until the last minute we waited to see if any of the players had been called up by Spain or Argentina for the World Cup and whether or not we had reserved a room for them,” says the organiser.
In the list of Betis players arrived in Mendoza are the French Nabil Fekir, Borja Iglesias, Sergio Canales, Luiz Henrique, Joaquín Sanchez Rodríguez and Willian José. Several absences due to summons to the World Cup or the Fifa appointment, such as the Argentines Germán Pezzella and Guido Rodríguez. And those of the Mexican Andrés Guardado who goes to Qatar, William Carvalho, called up from Portugal, Sabaly from Senegal and the Chilean Claudio Bravo, called up for his team’s friendlies.
This is the first time Real Betis have visited South America, and they do so in an encouraging sporting situation as they finished sixth in La Liga in Spain and qualified for eighth place in the Europa League.
To take advantage of their presence, the Sevillian club has prepared a series of activities to bring Beticismo and its passion closer to Mendoza fans. During the weekend they will receive former Argentine players who have passed for the club and will present their club model to the students of the Juan Agustin Maza University. They will also take the opportunity to get to know Mendoza’s greatest claim: its cellars and gastronomic offer.
In addition, Argentine Betis fans who come to the match will be able to meet their players, receive autographed shirts and participate in exclusive raffles.
Source: Clarin
