With so much football on the screen, being able to choose and enjoy teams depending on the football offer or proposal; in this column I will lean towards two squads that I follow and appreciate in every game.
I’ll start with Marcelo Gallardo’s River Plate. He comes from a 2-0 in Copa Libertadores semi-final against Boca Juniors and the garrison could well be greater. The game idea that the blood band team has is simply mind-blowing and addictive. A team that always thinks about the rival arc, takes risks and that in most of its duels manages to prevail. Gallardo practices and applies a philosophy of attacking and having the prominence the largest percentage of the match.
Of course, a lot of times the discussion goes through the subject of possession. River Plate percentages exceed 65% and perhaps, that does not guarantee the success of the result. But this axiom in the doll’s painting is almost a law. Beyond the numbers and statistics, Gallardo manages to enchant and capture that colorful, elegant and effective football story with his red-headed machine.
It is without a doubt the best team in South American football today. The current monarch of the Liberators, if not a disaster, should draw the key back to his rival in La Bombonera and settle in a new continental final.
The concepts of high pressure in the exit of the opponent, pose duels and also use intense and fulminant offensive transitions; are part of the extensive repertoire used by the strategist born in the generous quarries of Nunez. They call it “Napoléon” for a reason. The good use of tactics and how he prepares his team and delivers tools to his players to overcome the difficulties of the opponent place him in the orbit of those special technicians and with a star of great omen. In fact, he’s already given The showcases of Nunez’s team 10 drinks and he’s about not to be close to adding another one.
It’s entertaining and amazing to see River. A squad where players clearly understand their leader’s message and try to apply it perfectly. Surely, in the medium term Gallardo will depart from the Belgrano district and the radars will try to catch him to take him to Europe. Listening to the Doll is to have clarity, concepts and convictions and perhaps, from this look, I believe that this is the main strength: the conviction of what it wants and does.
The other team that conveys emotions and delivers visibly is Liverpool. The squad of Klopp, current champion of Europe has a solid structure that managed to assemble the German quite a while ago and therefore consolidates day by day.
The feat of getting the Orejona in Madrid only gave justice to a squadron that offers spectacle always. Liverpool doesn’t speculate. You know what you’re going to propose and offer. That’s absolutely guaranteed.
Klopp has managed to assemble a powerful attack trio where Mané, Firmino and Salah are usually in charge of billing all the football engineering that is plotting from the arch itself. Intense and electric football.
And the idea of these lines is not to compare these two teams, but to highlight their ideas and proposals that personally seduce me and catch me every time they look down on the small screen. I invite everyone who reads this column to take some time to revel in the Game of River Plate and Liverpool. Surely there are many who think that there are others better or more attractive and does not go through a fashion either, but on the contrary; every stop aims to look at those squads that carry an identity and manage to establish respect for football and for the fans; beyond the T-shirts, for whom we enjoy this activity.
So if you want a guaranteed show, think Of River Plate and Liverpool. You won’t regret it.
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