Marcelo Gallardo left worried about the level of his team at Liniers. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
River got away very cheaply from his visit to Liniers. They only lost 1-0 to Vélez who had a chance to go with a bigger lead to Monumental next week. Marcelo Gallardo’s team was poor from start to finish, with defensive problems, very little generation of play (practically zero chance) and, as rarely, overcome by intensity.
The DT himself acknowledged the malfunction of his team. Very self-critical, he did not hide the dirt under the carpet and, even if he thinks – and hopes – that Núñez will be different, his words have been strong. Here’s what he said.
Gallardo’s phrases in conference
“It was an awkward match for us to play. We gave Velez the advantage and after the goal it cost us. We wanted to change at ST to find a better quality of play with Juanfer and it didn’t come out. We gave space to Velez and the result could have been. We didn’t play a good game and the positive is the result. It’s a minimal advantage, we need to improve a lot and it will be a different game on our field. Ours did not go well and we need to improve a lot ”.
“The discomfort with which Vélez made us play, we have not found. And when the team plays badly there are not many explanations. We are aware of this and we need to improve. Thanks to the result, the series is open. Worse still we can’t play. We will try to change the image “.
“When I talk about an uncomfortable match, in the second ball, physically … We weren’t there. Sometimes yes, at the beginning, but then no. But the worst is over. The result is minimal, the worst is Sopra.”
“I leave with the feeling of not remembering in all these years of having experienced in a first series of the Cup the feeling of not having been there. But the benefit is minimal and everything must be positive. First of all, recognize, assimilate and start thinking that everything that comes must be better.
Rodrigo Allendro: “He is better, more stable, but he will be under observation and as a precaution they will do the tests. He is stable and his dizziness has passed.”
Matias Suarez: “Just this week he felt more comfortable with his body and if he continues like this we hope he will have minutes this weekend and see how he responds.”
From the cross: “He wasn’t feeling well, the blow prevented him from playing, he tried and couldn’t recover. We’ll see how he feels in these days.”
Revenge: “We can overturn the series, we are self-critical of what we have done today and this match will teach us a lot for next week. But it will be different because we have understood that we cannot play like today. If we find ourselves with our game and our identity , we can change the series. “
Source: Clarin
