translated from Spanish: Five years ago, Gallardo fulfilled a dream: River Copa Libertadores champion

Having captivated the entire continent with its high-flying football and the conquest of the Copa Sudamericana in 2014, the River de Marcelo Gallardo arrived as a great candidate for the final of the 2015 Copa Libertadores, having suffered for others in the group stage and in the previous qualifiers. However, after a 0-0 parejo in Monterrey, Tigres had to travel to Buenos Aires City to make history and become the first Mexican club to be the top continental champion, where he ran into a “Millonario” who did not give rise to him and took his best face to touch the sky with his hands.

In the first stage, the game opened in the 44th minute with a big header from a young Lucas Alario, who had recently arrived at the club from Columbus, and from there he took over the actions. In the second half, came the relief on the cold and rainy night at the Monumental, when Carlos Sánchez scored from penalty 2 to 0 and 11 minutes to the end Ramiro Funes Mori sentenced the goal. Without Gallardo on the bench, suspended by The Conmebol, River again shouted champion of America after 19 years and so did his people. At that time, it won the third title and started the way as the most dominant team on the continent to date, with a cycle that takes six years and counted. 

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