A fan caught River coach Marcelo Gallardo at the Stade de France stand. Photo: Ole.
The river is present in Paris. Coach Marcelo Gallardo, the president, Jorge Brito, and the vice Matthias Patanian at Ignatius Villarroel, watched the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Stade de France. And the leaders of Millionaire took the opportunity to follow establishing relationships along with select football circles.
Among other personalities, the delegation from the Argentine club encountered Florentino Perezpresident of Real Madrid, which Brito had already visited on a previous trip, where, in addition to strengthening institutional ties between the two clubs, He suggested holding friendly matches.
River coach Marcelo Gallardo at the Stade de France stand. Photo: Ole.
as far as he could tell Clarion, Florentino welcomed Brito’s idea. The goal of the proposal is to play two games: one in Spain and one in Argentinawhich also serves to officially present the reopening of the Santiago Bernabéu and the Monumental.
Both stadiums are being remodeled. The new Bernabéu will be ready for 2023while the renovated Monumental will be completed in the middle of 2024. So, the idea is – if the calendar allows it, of course- one friendly will be held in Madrid next year and another in Buenos Aires, in ’24.
Jorge Brito, the president of River. Photo MARCELO CARROLL – CLARIN
This intention was shown by Brito in his meeting with Florentino Pérez and the main leaders of Real Madrid. mid -April when the River president toured Europe, with Enzo Francescoli.
On that occasion, Brito and Francescoli took advantage of a week where club and squad activities allowed them to fly into one of the game’s nerve centers. And there they carried out a very good agenda that included a meeting with Pérez in the office of the president of Real Madrid, another with the main shareholder of Atletico Madrid and a third with the most important director of CityGroupwhere they merged relationships after Julián Álvarez’s move to Manchester City.
In these talks, in addition, the president of River called for an institutional approach to strengthen relations between the clubs that Patanian had already started a month before he was in the Spanish capital and gave River shirt on former football player Emilio Butragueño.
Marcelo Gallardo shook hands with Jorge Brito, president of the club. Photo by River Press
On this trip to France, River’s second vice president, Villarroel, who He spent some time before the final at the hotel where Real Madrid was staying and left River’s shirts as a gift.. Among them, one Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde. He left it to the soccer player’s wife, the Argentine Bonino is minejournalist and well -known fan of the red band.
After the Champions League final, Gallardo and Patanian will return to Argentina, as the coach will have to resume work with his squad on Tuesday, after a few days of vacation, before the Professional League begins. while, Brito and Villarroel will continue their journey to London.
There, they will be present at the Finalissima between the Argentine National Team and Italy, which will be played at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday and where the Champions Cup is at stake. Brito was invited by AFA president Claudio Tapia, and of Conmebol Alejandro Domínguez. Both the River leader and the second vice, Villarroel, will also participate in meetings organized by the South American entity in dealing with “Finalissima”.
Source: Clarin
