Today is a year of the official return of Marcelo Gallardo to River Until now, his second cycle in the club of his life is below expectations, with unexpected statistics.
The first thing that stands out of the year of Gallant In his return it is the null harvest of titles. Without raised trophiesthe great wasted opportunity was in February this year, when he lost the International Super Cup in Paraguay, For penalties before Córdoba workshops.
Meanwhile, the other circumstance in which he was closer to champion was the Copa Libertadores 2024where he reached the semifinals. Technically, he was two triumphs of the title. However, the image left in that series before Atlético Mineiro It was embarrassing.
The second that stands out from the second cycle of Gallant in River It is the bad level of play of the team, with very low peaks and moments of uncertainty. The ship began to refloat with the appearance of Franco Mastantuono of title With just three months in the first team, the youth was sold no less than real Madrid.
When it seemed to be to settle as a candidate for the title of the Opening Tournamenthe had a bad night against Platense And it was eliminated from premises, by penalties. Then he had a lazy Club World Cupwhere he disappointed and was left out in the first round.
After the tournament of the FIFA, Marcelo Gallardo He hit a flying and erased 10 players, renewing the squad, promoting youth and lowering the average age of the squad. The search is clear: it wants to be again, with a more dynamic team that represents it as in its first cycle.
Gallardo’s first year numbers in his second cycle in River:
The balance in terms of points is positive. In fact, so far this year He only lost two games in the 90 minutes: in view of Students, in the Monumental; and in front of Inter from Milanby the Club World Cup. However, he had Two eliminations on penaltiesfor not being able to impose itself in the regulatory time.
Meanwhile, the lack of effectiveness is evident, since it practically has the same amount of victories as of draws.
- Directed matches: 57
- Ganned matches: 27
- Drawed matches: 24 (two relatives by penalties)
- Lost matches: 6
- Goals in favor: 87
- Goals against: 46
- Titles: 0
The ranking of the River scorers in the year of Gallardo:
Another very striking fact is that Facundo Colidio is the cycle scorer In this first year. While the former Tiger is a striker, he used it as Wing Izquierdo and was never a “scorer.” That is, the team of Gallant He suffered (and suffers) the absence of a breed scorer.
- Facundo Colidio: 14 goals
- Miguel Ángel Borja: 13
- Franco Mastantuono: 7
- Sebastián Driussi: 7
- Maximiliano Meza: 6
- Paulo Díaz: 5
- Pablo Solari: 5
- Gonzalo Montiel: 3
- Giuliano Galoppo: 3
- Ignacio Fernández: 3
- Leandro González Pírez: 2
- Manuel Lanzini: 2
Source: Ambito
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