River was unlocked and Gallardo gave the team’s challenge key to replace Julián Álvarez

Julián Álvarez had another extraordinary day. In River’s 5-1 defeat to Union in Santa Fe, he scored two goals, provided two assists and earned a 10-point performance. With the brace he scored, he reached the 53 with the shirt millionaire and it was only two from Rafael Santos Borre, Marcelo Gallardo’s cycle marker. The Cordovan hardly has any more four games at Núñez’s club before leaving for Manchester City in England. Hence, the offensive meaning of him amplifies the dilemma: How is Julian replaced?.

“Julián is replaced with the operation. Replacing him is very difficult, his growth over the years has been incredible, remarkable, in every way. Today he is a high-ranking footballer, which is why he goes to such an important club. It will not be easy. But he is replaced by performance, with alternatives of players who can take on that responsibility and that whoever is or arrives can replace it with the best form of him, but who joins the team, will not replace it. That they add being themselves, so that space is filled “Gallardo responded in the same way as a few weeks ago.

It is that for the doll there are no equal players. So, looking for a replacement for Julián is a waste of time because there is none, given the superlative level that reached the young wonder. What the River manager points out is that it’s the team, based on how it works, that doesn’t surprise Álvarez.

For this Gallardo works to improve the performance of his team. And this is what we saw in Santa Fe, with another tactical device. “The pattern change was part of understanding the game we were going to play. When we can’t win, they say they find us a return. We try to find solutions by changing, seeing what the alternatives are. In that research we also find the answers. And we had the ability to understand how the game went and to occupy certain spaces. We were physically superior, we were very present. And strength was essential: to win you have to score “.

However, the scheme change goes beyond playing with Union. The coach prepares the ground for Julián’s departure. And taking into account that players with characteristics similar to the young man from Calchín will not arrive, who will be able to move on the entire attack front and even throw himself back to leave free space, then must make changes.

The Colombian Miguel Borgia Y Luca Beltran, the two attackers who will arrive this week, are two typical 9, two area tanks. And they need collective support from behind to have scoring options. And the accompaniment of another striker to translate the potential he has on the net.

Many of River’s goals will go to Julián. It will therefore be crucial not only for forwards who come to adapt quickly, but also for those who are there to regain confidence, as in the case of Brian Romerowho scored again after three months.

“As team leader I have to follow negative series processes and work, observe, see behaviors … And not only his own: if Julián doesn’t score, he is said to be thinking about something else. Everything is very light … However you see him running and it seems as if it were his first game, not that he is already sold. The thing about Braian, if he enters and does not score, it is important that he has the desire to want, not to stay or to get off. This is the contagion. And one is to accompany and seek solutions. The players need to feel supported. “Gallardo expressed himself in this regard.

And faced with a future without Julián, the Doll left an optimistic message as well as knowing that she will lose a lot without him: “Time passes quickly in every way, not just for Julián. We have to enjoy it as long as we have it. Many important players have left us and we always find a way for him. He will be one more.”.