The sun hits hard on the River Camp. The grandstand, almost empty. One or the other, with a mate, cap and obligatory glasses, sits down to watch some youth soccer. And among those few, alone, with no one to ask for a photo, a video, or a greeting, is one of the greatest idols in the history of River: Marcelo Gallardo. Now without the obligation to be there, since the role of DT that had him occupied for more than eight years is exercised by Demichelis, the Doll returned to the Ezeiza property to exercise his role as father.
Nine days after being at the Monumental, where the party for the Third Division took place in the Argentina-Panama friendly, Gallardo went to River’s second home. The thing is his third son, Santino, jumped onto the Camp pitches to represent the club’s Sixth.
As throughout its historic cycle, his presence brought luck. With the Doll in the stands, the Sixth escort (add two wins and a draw, for which he is two points behind the leader Racing) thrashed Instituto de Córdoba 7-2. His kid, center forward and with the 9 on his back, did not have the opportunity to dunk. However, MG was able to accompany him and, yapa, he got a bellyful of goals.
This is how the Sixth of Santino Gallardo formed
1. Jaroszewicz, 2. Álvarez, 3. Segovia, 4. Balzame, 5. Navoni, 6. González, 7. Dadin, 8. Jaime, 9. Gallardo, 10. Abdelnur, 11. Díaz.
Goals: Diaz (2), Dadin, Abdelnur, Zaballa, Lombardi and Jaime.
