Flat River ends the coach’s brilliant cycle Marcellus Gallardo in a game in Mendoza against the Betisfrom Spain, in the context of the International Triangular which is completed with Colo-Colo, from Chile, and which Núñez’s team will obtain if they beat the Andalusians.
The match between “Millionaires” and “Béticos” will be played this Sunday starting at 17:00 at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium, in Mendoza, and will be broadcast exclusively on the Star+ platform.
The referee will be the Argentine Patrick Loustauwho will say goodbye to the business at the age of 47, as announced this week.
The international tournament of a friendly nature began last Wednesday with the victory that River obtained over Colo-Colo by 4 to 3 at the Sausalito stadium, in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar, so much so that if it were to obtain a victory over Betis, the ” Muñeco” Gallardo’s team will keep the disputed trophy.
In the event that there is another result that is not a victory, the International Triangular will be defined on Wednesday 16 November with the match being hosted by Colo-Colo and Betis, at the Viña del Mar resort.
The meeting in Mendoza will have a high emotional charge for the people of River Plate, as Gallardo will conclude his stint as coach of the club after eight and a half years in which he won 14 titles and led the most important cycle in history in the national team level.
Of course, the official farewell to the ‘Doll’ was in Avellaneda as River frustrated Racing Club in the ‘Cylinder’ by beating them 2-1, which paved the way for Boca Juniors to win the title on the last date of the Professional League .
The friendly was the reason the River boys enjoyed a few more Gallardo days at the end of his cycle, to be succeeded by a former club like Martin Demicheliswho will replace him in the technical direction once he has finished dissociating himself from Bayern Munich, where he coaches the Under 19 of the most important club in German football.
The Malvinas Argentinas stadium will be packed after the tickets sold out in the previous sale and Gallardo will live a day of emotions with the match against Betis as an excuse to once again enjoy the love of his fans.
Its rivals, Betis, have the Chilean as their coach Manuel Pellegriniwho managed River and made them champions in the 2003 Clausura tournament, achieving in addition to that title an efficiency of 60% points played after 77 games.
Pellegrino walked away from River after the remembered semi-final loss in 2004 with Boca Juniors, who, led by Carlos Bianchi, eliminated him on penalties at the “Monumental” stadium in Núñez, with Gallardo having joined the team in the first leg when he was expelled in “La Bombonera” together with Raúl Alfredo Cascini.
That defeat in the Superclásico marked the end of the engineer’s cycle, who then left for Europe and developed an excellent career in Spain and in the English Premier League.
Pellegrini’s Betis are in sixth place in the Spanish Liga with 24 points, far behind leaders Barcelona (37), with a season of seven wins, three draws and four defeats, and two bad results in recent appearances, a draw in the classic with Sevilla and the victory earned last Thursday away against Valencia (3-0) in the match on the 14th.
The Andalusian team was champions of Spain in 1935, won three Copa del Rey in 1977, 2005 and this year with Pellegrini after beating Valencia in the final, in definition from the penalty spot after drawing 1-1 on 23 April in Seville .
Betis arrived in the country without its two Argentines, Guido Rodríguez and Germán Pezzella, who will join the “albiceleste” team led by Lionel Scaloni to play the World Cup in Qatar, and did not bring the Portuguese William Carbalho and the Senegalese Youssouf Sabaly for the same reason.
– Probable formations –
Flat River: Ezekiel Centurion; Robert Rojas or Andrés Herrera, Emanuel Mammana, Javier Pinola or Leandro González Pírez and Milton Casco; Santiago Simón, Enzo Pérez and Agustín Palavecino; Pablo Solari, Miguel Borja and Esequiel Barco. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
True Betis: Daniele Martin; Juan Miranda, Edgard González, Víctor Ruíz and Alex Moreno; Joaquín, José Lara and Luiz Enrique; Sergio Canales and Juan Cruz; William Jose. DT: Manuel Pellegrini.
Referee:Patrick Loustau.
Basketball court: Malvinas Argentinas, of Mendoza.
Start time:17.
TV:Star+.
Source: Clarin
