The River coach analyzed the goalless draw against Libertad, with poor performance of his team, valid for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores 2025.
The coach of River, Marcelo Gallardosaid that “The first half worried” this Thursday’s draw against Freedom by the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadoresbut acknowledged that “In the second part they improved a lot. ”
At the press conference after goals without goals at the tigo stadium the garden of Asunción, Paraguaythe “doll” compared the performance of its led in the two stages of the meeting and observed an improvement in the complement.
Marcelo Gallardo’s words after River’s draw against Copa Libertadores
“In the first part we do not find the connections and that blurred us. In the second half we improved a lot, we began to connect passes forward. It is what leaves me calm and what stimulates me.”began. And added: “We need to generate. The position of the team was different from the game and from the mentality in the second half.”
Along the same lines, the technical director of the picture Núñez explained the modifications made at the beginning of the complementary stage in which he gave admission from the substitute bank to Ignacio Fernández and Juan Fernando QuinterOr, two players of the best showed by the team against the Paraguayans.
“When you do not fluis as a team, you need to change. Not only from the posture but also from the game. Nacho and Juanfer gave pass quality and the team began to infect. What we saw in the second half is what most represents us. It is what we want to reach and what the fan wants”he sentenced.
In turn, he explained the importance of the Colombian offensive steering wheel in the creation of the “millionaire” game.
“Today Juanfer was better than in the match against Independiente (equality 0-0 for date 4 of the Clausura Tournament). He was finer and if he is fine, that gives us more variants. When the ball touches, it generates situations that only those who have that talent can do it ”he said Gallant.
Finally, the most winning coach in the history of the Riverplatense institution reduced importance to the lack of goal of their led in recent matches and emphasized again the performance of the last matches.
“Sometimes you are accurate and you have the possibility of realizing what you generate and sometimes not. It is not something that a karma will generate. In a few games we made many goals, now we are not turning. I was more worried about Saturday with Independiente and the first half of today, ”he concluded.
Source: Ambito
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