Marcelo Gallardo’s most outstanding phrases after the River classification in the Copa Libertadores

After River Plate beat Freedom in it Monumental stadium and secure your pass to the Finals of the Copa Libertadores After a dramatic definition by penalties, Marcelo Gallardo He spoke at a press conference. The coach highlighted the Party intensityrecognized the difficulties of playing with a man less and starred a Cross a journalist that questioned it about complement performance.

In his balance, the coach reviewed the series that concluded with a global 1-1 In the 180 minutes and Victoria 3-1 From the twelve steps: “I lived it as everyone in the stadium. We endured the game very well, we did what we had thought of the First 30 minutes Before a rival who played a very good game.

“After our goal, We play well up to 35 minutes. We stayed a little, we lost control and the ball goal stopped a little damage, ”he said.

The second half and the expulsion of Giuliano Galoppo

The “doll” said that the red one Giuliano Galoppo At 52 minutes it was decisive: “already with 10, We try to continue playing the same, Because there was no pause. We are wrong. The thrust of the people, being on our court and the desire to win made us confuse, is difficult to master the game with a man less. ”

In addition, he linked the expulsion with a series of setbacks: “They are not excuses, but today the injury of Paulo Díaz, the expulsion of Galoppo and the injury of Driussithe inactivity of Martínez Quarta And he played the whole game, all this generated that we do not come quite well. When things are not favorable in the Copa Libertadores … ”.

The end of bad streak in penalties

The technician also valued the cut to a string of eight lost batches in this instance, from the Last victory against Cruzeiro In the Copa Libertadores 2019.

“Beyond some mistake, the players put what had to be put and in the penalties we are finally given for this side. Where everything was dark in the second half, Finally something that illuminated us. People also felt that bad energy in penalties had been accompanying us. People infected, helped the team. Finally, it was given and the skinny (Armani) ends up by cutting the decisive penalty. It is not bad once for this side, ”he said.

The crossing with a journalist

In the middle of the press conference, a chronicler asked him about the “bad image” of the team in the second part. Gallardo’s answer was overwhelming: “Well, but I already did the analysis, did you see what I said? Well, I replied. I don’t want to repeat what I already said. Change the question if you want. I already did the party analysis. About the second half? Well, we didn’t lose it. If you expected, we didn’t lose it. ”

Final Balance of the Party

Gallardo acknowledged that the team crossed a complicated section: “We were unbalanced with the game of Robert Rojas. It seemed that everything was going to go wrong tonight. The football analysis of the second half goes to the background, there was a lot of nervousness, desire to win in numerical inferiority and that confused us. We have to recover the greatest number of players and seek the football regularity that we all want. In some moments, we have to suffer. And if it was the day of suffering to finish as we finished, welcome. ”

In his summary, he stressed: “The night was dark for us, so I am happy to have spent a night that was not good, especially in the second half. I will enjoy tonight because when you do not play well and the thing comes badly, today the coin fell for this side. We have to improve, achieve greater regularity in the game. We wanted to play in the same way with a man lessthat confused us. We had to lower the foam a bit and see how to do not enter a despair that would allow us to lose the game without breaking the structure. You have to talk to the players. I will wait to recover the injured. ”

The quarterfinals against Palmeiras

Thinking about the quarterfinals, Gallardo advanced the challenge before Palmeiraswhich eliminated with a global 4-0 University of Peru: “We are going to face a rival who He is a candidate to win the Cupand we will face it arriving in the best possible way with a lot of expectation that we will get better than we are today. I’m going to enjoy the night, I apologized. ”