“Worse than he played today (for Wednesday) the team can’t do it,” admitted River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo., when analyzing at a press conference Vélez Sarsfield’s 1-0 away loss for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.
“We leave the initiative to Vélez and we give him the spaces enough for us to score more goals. The only positive is the result, because it is a minimal advantage; but we must improve a lot for the rematch, because we didn’t play a good game,” Gallardo said.
“The discomfort with which Vélez made us play meant that we never met. And when you play badly there are not many explanations, you play badly”he emphasized.
He also assumed that in the second half “We wanted to change with the entry of Juan Quintero, but the spaces were not found.”
The scare by Aliendro
“As for Rodrigo Allendrowho hit his head, is stabilizedbut will be under study as a precaution, although in the locker room the dizziness had already passed,” he concluded.
What was said: Aliendro’s against Vélez was far from being the dream debutsince he had to leave the field of play after suffering a strong blow that caused concern.
midfielder that it was one of the great novels on the market of passes, I arrive finally to the Núñez team with the pass in his possession after not renewing in Colón de Santa Fe and on Wednesday he had his debut, but an unfortunate play took him out of the game.
Five minutes into the epilogue, went to dispute a ball with Agustín Mulet and fell badly hitting himself harshly head against the grassso that it was assisted right away by the doctors and he retired dizzy and accompanied by two assistants.
Once the meeting is over, the River Plate medical body decided to carry out studies to verify that it was nothing more than a blow, and the results were positivesince the player did not suffer more than what was mentioned and the specialists brought calm, warning that “he is fine”.
Aliendro made a plate and, after the results of it, the player joined the concentration again with his teammates, and he was expected to train alongside the squad. since he may be available for the next matches.
To take care of the headlines for the rematch
On the other hand, it is known Gallardo will take care of most of the starters for the rematch against Fortín next week and so did a practice soccer With several of the substitutes who will face Hurricane andhe next Sunday.
The team trained for this Thursday at the Monumental with regenerative tasks for those who played in Liniers and ball work for the rest.
The players who could be before the Globe are Franco Armani, Andrés Herrera, Jontana Maidana, Leandro González Pírez and Elías Gómez; Bruno Zuculini, Tomás Pochettino, Agustín Palavecino and Juan Fernando Quintero; Lucas Beltran and Santiago Simon.
For its part, Nicolás de la Cruz and Matías Suárez, who were left off the bench against Vélez, are going to do a special set-up job to be available for the rematch against the Liniers team.
Finally, River Plate returns to training this Friday and the alternative team will be concentrated to face Huracán on Sunday in Parque Patricios, for the sixth date of the Professional League.