Piri Vangioni’s hard injury: Gallardo’s emotional message and how long he will be off the pitch

The return of Leonel Vangioni the Monumental stadium will not bring back a good memory. One of the emblems of the era of Marcelo Gallardo in River and current Newell’s captain has suffered a serious injury that will keep him away from the fields for a long time and caused the DT of the Millionaire I dedicated an emotional message to him at a press conference.

Vangioni, 35, had to be replaced just before half-time. Giuliano Fernandez knocked down Juan Fernando Quintero with a foul on the field of Núñez’s team. The left-handed midfielder, who accompanied the action, badly stepped on his right leg and immediately fell on the grass. He immediately began seeking medical attention, which foreshadowed something serious had happened.

River footballers also came to watch Piri, as he was the companion of many of them during his time at the Millionaire. Fans also chanted his surname when he was taken off the medical cart.

Vangioni went to the locker room, replaced by Martín Luciano and they put him in an orthopedic boot to immobilize the area. And then came the confirmation of the same coach Javier Sanguinetti: Rupture of the Achilles tendonan injury that will force him between five and six months off the pitch.

The karma of wounds, which Julián Fernández joined shortly after for a strain of the medial ligament of the left kneeI had already put it on the list Cristian Lema, Juan Manuel Garcia, Juan Garro and Ramiro Macagno.

At the bad moment in football, given that they have only won one match – the 16th Argentine Cup final – of their last nine, this small substitute joins in to face next Wednesday at 17:30 against Lano in the Colossus Marcelo Bielsa of Rosario.

The last time Vangioni wore the River shirt in Núñez was on May 14, 2016, in the 1-0 win over Gimnasia, which also meant Marcelo Barovero was sent off. Although he has won six titles – including the 2015 Copa Libertadores against Tigres, where he assisted in a goal from Lucas Alario – the left-handed forward did not leave the club in the best way.

It is that he decided not to renew the contract that the management then led by Rodolfo D’Onofrio had proposed to him and made a great leap in Europe, because he landed in Milan in Italy, despite not having managed to have the desired relief.

For Gallardo it did not go unnoticed

And what he did not forget to dedicate a few words to him was the Marcello Gallardothat in the previous one had already dissolved in an embrace with the piriwhich was part of the early part of the most successful era in the club’s history.

“Too bad about his injury. I found out there when he left, when I asked one of the doctors, that he had suffered a serious injury and I was very sorry. He is a player that I really appreciate, that I love very much and I offer him that ‘hug before the game to support him in this moment of pain and suffering ”, assured the Doll.