Boca – River: Gallardo kicked the scoreboard in Superclásico, but misplaced his own players

The surprise was saved until a few minutes before Super classic. But the tactical approach that Marcello Gallardo schematized and kept under seven keys to go through La Bombonera. River’s DT dusted off a pattern he hadn’t implemented in a long time just to face Boca. T.central defenders, two lanes, Juan Fernando Quintero as link and Matías Suárez and Pablo Solari as attacking couple (without a definite nine) was the interruption of the host in the first half in which he did not suffer, but neither did he. And to confirm that it was definitely not doll afternoon, the triple change he had at the interval, with a system variant included, benefited the xeneize gamewhich had more space and took advantage of it. A Gallardo who was not understood.

The Doll has a habit of surprising with its line-ups. In La Boca you have chosen to kick the scoreboard and dislodge locals and strangers. But the operation on the grass was not the best in a hard-fought duel and with little free ground to play in freedom.

He tried not to be unprotected and at the same time occupy the width of the pitch and have a more direct kick, which threatened precisely the presence of Juanfer in the center and two forwards who were not one hundred percent. The first thing was achieved, because the locals did not reach Franco Armani’s door in danger in those first 45 minutes when the match was more of a game of chess. But not the second.

The only risk for River is a set piece: Quintero’s corner kick, Emanuel Mammana’s header and a phenomenal save from Agustín Rossi. Nothing more. The coach talked constantly with the Colombian so that he could take control of the team, but Juanfer never managed to take the helm behind Alan Varela. And the ones above exhibited the lack of rhythm.

Without wasting any more time, he decided to give the team a change for the second phase, in another drastic determination: put Miguel Borja (for Solari), Rodrigo Aliendro (for Andrés Herrera) and Esequiel Barco (for Solari), broke the 5-2-1-2 and redistributed the chips in a 4-3-1-2 that , far to bear fruit, ended up paving the way for Hugo Ibarra’s men.

It’s just that Boca felt more comfortable that way. Franco Fabra he was released to make his usual trip and there was more space in the millionaire camp. The scale began to tilt gradually. Franco Armani had to wear gloves to get a Pol Fernández volley and Darío Benedetto’s goal came from a corner (he beat Javier Pinola).

Neither input, nor in the complement. Gallardo spent his black afternoon at the Bombonera. He chose the wrong interpreters for his statements and nothing came out of what he thought. The doll wanted to confuse, but she ended up most confused of all on a Sunday to forget.