The shocking reception for River Plate in Chaco: the gesture of Marcelo Gallardo and the players that the fans celebrated

River Plate is already in Chaco to play its match against Defense and Justice for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. The Millionaire, who won the contest in 2016, 2017 and 2019, will face the Halcón, semifinalist in the 2015 edition, this Wednesday at the Centenario Stadium, in the province of Chaco, with the arbitration of Pablo Echavarría and televised by TyC Sports.

The winner will play Patronato, from Entre Ríos, in the next round. In case of a tie at the end of 90 minutes, the classified will be defined with shots from the penalty spot.

The expectation generated by the presence of River Plate in Resistencia is enormous, with fans who came to form more than ten blocks in line and camped out the previous nights until the 19,000 available seats were exhausted, between stalls and popular ones. And this was confirmed with the spectacular reception that the campus had when it arrived at the concentration. As is often the case, both Marcelo Gallardo and the players had the remarkable gesture of going to greet the fans, signing autographs and taking pictures.

River Plate has not appeared in Chaco since 2015 when in a match for the 26th. date of the first division contest, they beat Crucero del Norte de Misiones, at the Sarmiento de Resistencia stadium, by 1 to 0 with a goal by Gonzalo Pity Martínez.

The news of the Millionaire is irregular because it seems that it appears as a candidate in the fight for the title of the Professional League, thrashing Newells’ and Central Córdoba at home, but then disappointing as a visitor against Arsenal in Sarandí and Tigre in Victoria.

River Plate fails to capture a string of good results and positive returns, which was usual before under Gallardo’s command, and that conspicuous lack of effectiveness places it seven units behind the leader Atlético Tucumán.

The Copa Argentina, a competition in which Núñez’s cast generally stands out, has as a huge prize the qualification for the Copa Libertadores 2023, an important fact for the Millonarios, even though they are classifying today as leaders, along with Racing Club, from the general table of the season.

River Plate reached this stage after eliminating Deportivo Laferere (from Primera C) 5-0 in the 32nd round. and Barracas Central 3-0 in the 16th round. while Defense, whose best performance in the Argentine Cup was in 2015 losing in the semifinals against Boca, left Sacachsipas (National) 4-1 and Argentinos Juniors 1-0 on the way.

In addition, this meeting will have its share of curiosity since Gallardo and Becaccece will face each other again, who had a clash when Florencio Varela equalized goalless last June, on the first date of the LPF.

In that match Beccacece was expelled, when trying to stop a River player from doing a throw-in, and when he left the field of play he had a strong cross with Gallardo and then described the River Plate DT’s attitude as an “arrogant and arrogant act” .

The probable River Plate team will be with: Franco Armani; Marcelo Herrera, Emanuel Mammana, Javier Pinola or Paulo Díaz, Elías Gómez; Agustín Palavecino, Enzo Pérez, Nicolás De la Cruz, Rodrigo Aliendro or Ezequiel Barco; Miguel Borja and Pablo Solari.

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With information from Telam.