On Thursday evening, River Plate will face Banfield in an Argentine championship match. This will be the last match of
Marcelo Gallardo on the sidelines of the Buenos Aires city club.
“I am overcome by emotion and pain deep in my soul for not having been able to achieve the objectives,” said El Muñeco, visibly dejected, “ announced the 50-year-old technician on Monday in a video posted on social networks.
The most successful coach in River Plate history, the former playmaker failed to achieve a winning comeback. After a stint in Saudi Arabia, at Al-Ittihad, Marcelo Gallardo did not win a single title and was unable to qualify the club for the 2026 Copa Libertadores.
Gallardo, losing comeback
“I would like to send words of thanks to this huge club and its people for their unconditional love, even in the most delicate moments like this, when things did not go as we had planned”continues “El Muñeco”, who was having a complicated start to the season.
In total, Marcelo Gallardo has won 22 trophies with CA River Plate. Eight as a player, then fourteen during his first term as coach, between 2014 and 2022.
