River beat Independiente Santa Fe with Enzo Perez as goalkeeper and no substitutes due to a coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) hitting the campus. That’s why Marcelo Gallardo did not hide his emotion after the victory and assured that he will be marked “on fire” in the club’s history.” You’ve never lived today. Victory will be marked and recorded very on fire. It wasn’t normal to play in the conditions where we did. I have to highlight the hearts of the players, how they performed and helped each other. They played for them, but for a lot of people who believed in them,” the millionaire coach said at a press conference.
In that sense, the technician argued that “we did not take refuge, we did not make a petty match, beyond the circumstances, beyond mistakes is our way of playing and we hit in the right moments and that surprised Santa Fe. Then we defended the result with heart and hidalguía.” The Doll explained why he chose Enzo Pérez, still injured, to defend the bow after the 20 casualties the campus suffered from positive cases. “The choice was because we only had 11 players to complete and one of them, like him, was injured. It wasn’t serious, but it wasn’t going to allow it to develop normally,” he said. He added: “He bravely assumed it. It’s not easy to stand in a position you don’t know, it’s unusual. It was a joint designation. I needed you to feel confident, beyond the responsibility was going to be mine. We don’t handle other names, as they said in the week. We were going to need players with legs to hold the game and he was the only one who couldn’t do it and made the decision to go to the bow. Luckily everything went well, because it was hard to expose a player to the bow.”
Finally, Gallardo congratulated the youths Tomás Lecanda and Felipe Peña on their debuts with the River shirt, and left a message: “Happy for the team and for all the people of River who could once again enjoy the temperance of their team and the heart of their team on a magical Night of Cup”.
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