This Tuesday, January 18 Marcelo Gallardo He is turning 46 and began to celebrate it very early, with a banner of hundreds of River Plate fans who went to encourage him at the Loi Suites Chapelco Hotel in San Martín de los Andes, where he is doing the preseason next to the campus.
“Start your day with your people”, the club published on all its social networks, along with a video in which the “Muñeco” is seen leaning out of the balcony of the luxurious accommodation to greet the fans who had come to the place during the early hours.
With the classic coach outfit, the millionaire DT was seen happy to receive the affection of the supporters, with a smile on his face, happy to start in this way with the celebrations for a new birth.
During this Tuesday, in addition to the cake and the festivities, Gallardo will have a very intense day, since it will be the last day of training that his team will carry out in the Patagonian city before returning to Buenos Aires, waiting for the start of the local tournament.
The campus does not participate in International Summer Tournament, which has been taking place since last weekend and in which they compete Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Independiente and Talleres de Córdoba., for Argentina, and the Chileans Colo Colo and the University of Chile as guests.
The coaching staff decided to also withdraw from the friendlies that were scheduled in Uruguay and, instead, organized a few days of training in the town of Neuquén to get ready to face the challenges that the Núñez team has for this 2022, among which there is the Copa Libertadores.
In 2021, Gallardo had to rebuild a team to which very important individuals were left, such as Gonzalo Montiel, Ignacio Fernandez, Rafael Borré and Lucas Pratto. Throughout the year too Eight reinforcements arrived: three that were consolidated as starters (David Martinez, Enzo Fernandez and Agustin Palavecino); one that more than fulfilled, which is Brian Romero, author of twelve goals in 26 games; a reference (Jonatan Maidana) and a young man in whom the DT trusts, as he is José Paradela. All of them were alternatives for punctual matches; but there were two that clearly underperformed: Alex Vigo Y Augustine Fontana.
But nevertheless, Gallardo managed to hide these setbacks with collective operation, with personality in most of its players and with that bit of fortune that all champion teams need on their journey.
Demanding and competitive like few others, the Doll got his team to quickly forget about elimination in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores at the hands of Atlético Mineiro and River won the last local championship with three dates in advance.
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Since he came to lead the team, in 2014, the institution of Núñez stepped strong throughout the continent and collected 13 new titles for their showcases. Before the recent Professional League, he won three Argentine Cups, two Argentine Super Cups, two Libertadores Cups, one South American Cup, three South American Cup Winners’ Cups and one Suruga Bank.
Looking at what is to come, Gallardo is looking forward to the Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero, who will return to the squad after his short stint with China’s Shenzhen. However, in the last few hours there was news that worried the leadership: the midfielder started his friendly match with the selection of his country against Honduras, but He had to leave due to injury before the end of the first half.
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