River’s coach reached 100 games in the Copa Libertadores and is close to reaching the competition’s historic record. To do so, he still needs to play another edition.
The technical director of River, Marcelo Gallardoturned last night 100 matches directing in Libertadores Cupafter the equality of the cast of Nunez 1 to 1 as a visitor against Colo-Colo of Chilifor the quarter-finals of the most important tournament on the continent.
The first experience in this competition for Gallant It was with National of Uruguay in the edition 2012where they finished third in their group with only six points and were unable to advance to the round of 16.
The leader in this statistic is the Colombian Gabriel Ochoa Uribewho directed 116 matches in the continental competition between Millionaires, Independent Santa Fe and to America from Cali (all of them from Colombia).
Despite the number of matches played, they were never able to win the title.
The second coach with the most games is the Uruguayan Luis Cubillawho managed 104 games and lifted the trophy with Penarol (1960 and 1961) and National of Uruguay (1971).
If we reach the final of this edition and the next one, 2025, Gallant He would be sure to become the technical director with the most games in the history of the Libertadores Cup.
Source: Ambito
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