The calm in the adversity that Marcelo Gallardo had Wednesday in the decisive match against Vélez for the second round of the Libertadores, he lost to Godoy Cruz. The team did not play well, made four substitutions at the start of the second half and, despite everything, burst into anger at the referee Nicolás Lamolina, who first warned him and then faced a strong insult (“You have balls to kick me out, asshole), ejected him.

However, the Doll didn’t start right after the red one. He chatted for a while with fourth referee Américo Monsalvo, trying to explain the inexplicable, as the game continued. Then yes, he turned around, Monsalvo gave him a pat on the back and walked slowly towards the locker room.

But it didn’t come out. He followed the game until the end, almost at the corner of the corner, between San Martín and Sívori, behind the static signal, a reaction that will surely be sanctioned by the Disciplinary Court. Since his arrival at River in 2014, this is Gallardo’s seventh red card in 402 direct matches.