Gallardo and Beccacece, still face to face: new round for the DT of River and Defense, now at the Argentine Cup

River and Defense and Justice will meet in Chaco for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup in a match that will see a separate duel between Marcello Gallardo Y Sebastian Woodcockwho will face each other again after the tough meeting on June 5, when their teams met for the first round of the Professional League in Florencio Varela and almost ended up in hands after the insults they gave themselves during the game.

Beccacece has warmed up the previous meeting for the Argentine Cup with strong statements against Gallardo, although he later lowered a change and ended up praising River and Muñeco. But first he had rekindled the fire.

“He thinks he has the moral authority to tell the other if he is right or wrong when there is another who gives justice, it seemed to me an arrogant act”, shot Beccacece on Friday in an ESPN interview recalling his crossing with Marcelo Gallardo. And he added: “I made a mistake and was expelled, I get angry or respond to what Marcelo does to me because it seemed out of place. Nothing but this. “And he continued:” It doesn’t matter who is ahead, if you have won 14 titles, 50 or none. For one to generate in the other the authority I spoke of on what to do, at least you must answer in an irreproachable ethical and moral way, and it did not happen, because the number of situations that Gallardo has experienced in his career has been incredible“.

However, in view of the Copa Argentina clash, Beccacece lowered the tone and content of his words in the conference after the victory against Banfield. “We will play against the best team and the best coach of the last ten years“, said the blond, who added:” I have nothing personal with Gallardo, they asked me about a particular situation and I expressed what happened at that moment, but enough, I said it and it’s over “.

In any case, there are still sparks ignited by that spicy back and forth between the coaches experienced in Florencia Varela, after Beccacece entered the field to prevent Andrés Herrera from taking sides as Defense and Justice wanted the changes to his equipment to be made for Before. Gallardo didn’t like it at all and he let him know. “It’s not done, it’s not done,” the Doll shouted at him. And Jorge Sampaoli’s former assistant is no exception. And the back and forth came from the rebel “who did you eat, idiot?“From Beccacece to”this is crazy”Of the doll.

Off the pitch was another chapter. When Gallardo had already closed his press conference – where he tried to mitigate the rebound of the conflict by saying that “I simply did not like the attitude he had on entering the field and I let him know” and as he headed towards the locker room, In the corridor he ran into Becaccece, who was about to speak to the media..

There, according to witnesses, there was an uproar among relatives and members of both technical bodies, as well as shouts and insults and even punches. Even security officers had to intervene to calm things down of a fight that broke out that night in Florencio Varela but that came from before.

In Chaco they will meet again. With the seasoning that one of the two teams will continue in the Argentine Cup and the other will stay out. For Gallardo and Beccacece it will be a more than special duel and they will fight for another round.

The origin of the struggle between Gallardo and Beccacece

The fuse was lit in mid-2017. We must 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 squad list, Gallardo felt 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 with San Lorenzo and with 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 make it as an excuse, we just accepted it and continued, “the doll shot in an interview with Clarín in Orlando, a couple of months after that situation. : “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. Al Muñeco, those who know him best say, He didn’t even like the forms and ways they had of leading and dealing with soccer players.

Time passes and after the disaster of the national team at the World Cup in Russia, Beccacece continues his coaching career, away from Sampaoli. And 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 coach of River He called Enzo Fernández to get him back before his loan to Varela ended after taking Braian Romero in that same market and David Martínez in the previous one.

Months later, Beccacece noted that “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 at the press conference he returned: “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 ”.