8 phrases from Gallardo after Rivera’s fall against Talleres: Paul Díaz’s support, Borja’s drought and why Solari shoots little
After a “magical” week, as Gallardo called it, in which they beat Boca in the Superclásico and qualified for the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores against Colo Colo, River Plate suffered the first defeat of the second cycle Marcelo Gallardo in front of the team: lost 1:0 Workshops in Monumental for the professional leaguein the encounter of a conspicuous voj. The point is that the local was at a disadvantage because unfortunate move Paulo Diazin which he slipped and eventually allowed the scoring to open Federico Girotti (a striker trained in Núñez) and also created endless scoring opportunities, but the posts and Guido Herrera prevented him from doing so.
“It’s a game where the team did everything for a draw and that didn’t happen, especially in the second half when we were more precise and tried to control the game more. I can’t say anything. Because of our accident, we started losing and went to look for him. And you saw that team that had the sporting shame of looking all over the place, but in a good way. The opponents closed well and we couldn’t equalise. “If we were aiming, we would be talking about something else,” analyzed the 48-year-old Panenka.
The coach explained that the loss will not have the flavor of a blow, except for the lost points and the gap that Vélez has in the fight for the title (nine units and has a game less). “Winning and advancing to the semi-finals of the cup gives us a lot more confidence to continue working with good momentum. We missed a goal today and their keeper was taking very good balls. They took a prize that was too big for what we did in the second half,” he added.
* Borja’s bad moment in front of the goal
ANOTHER DEFINITION OF GALLARDO
Solari and footballers who have less minutes
“If there are players who don’t play, it’s because others are better and they have to get the credit. This is achieved through training. I understand that there are players who have not had minutes, but I have a long squad and I choose those who are in the best condition. Pablo showed up well today because he worked on what we want: to regain his confidence and make him available when the team needs him.”
Atlético Mineiro, opponent in the semi-finals of the Libertadores
“It’s a tough team, like all those who are in the semi-finals. He has a very good coach (Gabriel Milito), we know each other and we have faced each other several times. “Your team has its brand, we will face a very good rival.
Miguel Borja’s drop and missed scoring chances
“When a striker doesn’t score goals, you don’t see him happy. Before, everything he kicked turned into a goal and today that doesn’t happen and he needs to be calm because if he gets desperate it can be worse. I have to give him a break. He creates chances, but he has to believe that the goals will come back. “It would be absurd to think he won’t score any more goals.”
* Bench to the Chilean defender after the slide
Franco Armani and 300 games in the River
“He is a reference that belongs to the great goalkeepers that this institution has. He is privileged. It still has the ambition to continue to be present and strengthen itself day by day as history demands. “You can’t relax and he won’t relax, that’s why he is the way he is.
Support for Paulo Díaz after his mistake
“There are moments of accident that a player of this category must of course solve.” Paulo is a very good soccer player. He is the first to feel responsible. From there, learn from mistakes so they don’t happen again. I’ll take it out today; The elimination in Chile is perhaps more serious because an important round was lost in the deciding series. He is aware of it. And today it was an accident, he slipped, that can happen. “Don’t let that overshadow what a good footballer he is and what he means to the team.”
“Soccer Run”, what do you expect from your river
“I hope that what was seen in the second half. That the team knows the routes they have to go, that they know if they have to go in, out, to have a chance to score. When I talk about football flight, it is. Then you need to convert all the situations you created. The second half was something else and that’s what I want. If we hadn’t made that mistake, maybe the first half would have ended 0-0 and in the second we could have converted one of the goals we had, but that didn’t happen.”
* Main alternatives to the clash in Monumental