Marcelo Gallardo’s gesture says it all. River lost again and was almost out of the tournament. Photo: Fernando de la Orden.
Marcello Gallardo left without talking about it More Monumental. The manager was seen in anger and resignation at the end of the match in which his team fell 1-0 against Talleres de Córdoba and practically marked River’s farewell from the fight for the championship. A bad moment that deepened after the defeat with Boca at the Bombonera. Counting that match, the Millionaire team lost three out of four games and only added three out of twelve points up for grabs.
In this way, River added to the irregularity he had had this year a collapse pronounced. And just as the Doll was the father of great victories, so is he the most responsible for this difficult timein which the coach was exposed with his decisions, especially from the way he approached his team’s game in Superclásico.
And although before Talleres he had to make forced changes, once again the lack of confidence in football that the coach had in his players. For example with the forwards because he doesn’t give Beltrán or Borja a starting role for more than two or three games in a row.
The only one who showed his face was the captain, Javier Pinola. The defender intervened before leaving the playing field and entering the locker room. “As some results were given, logically we were halfway there, but River forces you to fight to the end even if they don’t give you the accounts,” the center scorer said.
And he immediately remarked, as a message to the squad: “In this club we are used to fighting until the end, here we are forced to win and we have to understand this. This is what we have to do, match after match, as if they were all finals.
And as for the analysis of the defeat against Talleres, Pinola admitted that in the team “there are things to correct” and complained about how the result came: “They scored the goal against us after our punishment” .. .
Looking forward to what is to come, which is the duel against the Board of Trustees for the Argentine Cup, the captain expressed: “You have to raise your head because this continues. And keep working to add confidence ”.
Source: Clarin