A fight for the national team, at the origin of the fight between Beccacece and Gallardo that lit up the night in Varela

The scandal that occurred Sunday night in Florencio Varela between Sebastián Beccacece and Marcelo Gallardo, which included pushing, screaming and punching, was not accidental. After all, it was the explosion of a tense relationship, which has already had several episodes that fueled the flames of a fire that started five years ago.

The fuse was lit in mid-2017. We need to go back to the times when Beccacece accompanied Jorge Sampaoli at the helm of the national team. As soon as they took office they did the first tour (through Australia and Singapore), which coincided with the definition of the 2016/17 Argentine local tournament. And after seeing the list called, Gallardo believed there was a bad intention.

River was fighting for the championship with Boca. And Sampaoli – with Beccacece ally, of course – mentioned three great players from Gallardo’s team: Jonatan Maidana, Ignacio Fernández and Lucas Alario. And what about the Xeneize group? To nobody. That’s where Gallardo exploded. Subsequently his team loses to San Lorenzo and to Racing and the chances of the championship – which remained in the hands of Boca – vanish.

Gallardo did not hold back. And he indicated the coaching staff of the national team at that time. In that last stretch we had episodes, such as the fact that three important players were stolen from us for a very long and tiring journey. We were the only Argentine team to give three players in the last leg of a championship that River was fighting for. This does not happen anywhere in the world. It happened to us, but we didn’t put it as an excuse, we just accepted it and continued “shot the doll in an interview with Clarione in Orlando, a couple of months after that situation. And followed: “As a coach I can understand some things about Sampaoli but I didn’t understand others”.

Declarations not well received by Sampaoli and Beccacece. In fact, they made it known on a voiceover through their press team. And the relationship between them and Gallardo began to get tense. To the Dollsay those who know him best, they did not like the forms and ways they had of guiding and dealing with footballers.

Time passes and after the disaster of the national team at the World Cup in Russia, Beccacece continues his coaching career, away from Sampaoli. Y last year the crosses with Gallardo were back. First of all for the situation of Enzo Fernández.

The technical director of defense got angry when the River manager called Enzo Fernández to take him back before the end of his loan to Varela after taking Braian Romero in the same transfer market and David Martínez in the previous one.

Months later, Beccacece observed him “It’s difficult to compete with River because they have a South American team and it’s normal for them to make a difference”. Gallardo, on the other hand, did not take that sentence well and returned to the press conference: “We are a training team. We will not be looking for selected players and we are not a selection. We are a team that tries to promote players ”.

When they faced each other in December of last year at Monumental – victory of Defense and Justice 3-2 on a river that had already been champion – and in April of this year at Florencio Varela – victory of Núñez’s team for 2-1 – they had There had been defiant looks between the two as they gave directions from their locations. One of the things that most annoyed Gallardo were Beccacece’s pompous gestures.

Although it is also true that the Doll Perhaps he is much more sensitive to certain situations, which has been exposed on several occasions in recent times, such as in the match against Atlético Tucumán in which he patted one of his players (Andrés Herrera) on the back. he doesn’t work for his team or in some responses to reporters at press conferences.

His father also went out to frame him on social networks. In a post on his Instagram account, Máximo Gallardo wrote: “Who are you, did this guy ask him?”, In a story accompanied by a photo of the Doll with the trophies of the 14 titles she won at River.

In any case, on Sunday, after Beccacece’s unsportsmanlike attitude, putting himself in front of an opponent (Herrera) so as not to make him take away a team because he wanted to make a change, he tried to lower the decibels. “I just didn’t like the attitude he had with him when he went out on the pitch and tried to make sure we couldn’t play a full-back. And all I did was let them know, “Gallardo said.

Later, Beccacece went to look for him at the exit of the press conference. And the bomb ended up exploding, with thrusts, screams and a few punches, according to some witnesses of the event. Clarione.

Gallardo’s eight years at the River

This June 6 marks the eighth anniversary of Marcelo Gallardo’s return to the River, but to be on the other side of the lime line and start a coaching cycle that has transformed the history of the club, which is already a legend and will soon be a statue.

That day, but in 2014, the Doll He took over as River manager and played 394 games after eight seasons, with 212 wins, 105 draws, 77 losses, 704 goals conceded and 342 goals conceded. But the most important thing is that he has won 14 titles: two Copa Libertadores, one Copa Sudamericana, three Cup Winners’ Cups, one Suruga Bank, one League, three Copa Argentina, two Super Cups and a Champions Trophy. Thus, he became the most successful manager in the history of the club.

“The river is above everything: first river, second river and third river. And River will resume his story. I was born for this, for great challenges ”, said – among other things – Gallardo in his presentation at the Auditorium del Monumentale. He was prescient.