Marcelo Gallardo announced this Thursday that he is leaving River Plate. The Argentine coach himself, who has been in the red-and-red team since mid-2014 and has won a total of 14 titles since then, confirmed it at a press conference. “My contract ends in December and I will no longer be at the club. It is one of the most difficult and heartfelt decisions of my life. It has been a beautiful story,” said Gallardo, accompanied by George Matthias Y Enzo Francescolipresident and technical secretary of River Plate respectively.
‘El Muñeco’, as he is known Gallant since his time as a player, he reached River Plate in June 2014, and throughout his career as coach of the red-and-red squad he has won 2 Copa Libertadores, 3 South American Cup Winners Cups, 1 South American Cup, 1 Champions Trophy, 1 Suruga Bank, 1 Argentine League, 3 Argentine Cups and 2 Argentine Super Cups .
In total, as coach of River Plate, Marcelo Gallardo He has directed 422 games, with a record of 227 wins, 111 draws and 84 losses. All this with 750 goals for and 361 against.
As for the high point of the stay of Gallant on the bench of the Monumental, it is worth highlighting the Libertadores Cup conquered against the eternal rival Boca Juniors at the Santiago Bernabéu in December 2018.
It remains to be seen where the race continues Gallant as a coach, but everything points to the fact that sooner rather than later he will make the leap to a European football bench. There are several teams with which he has been linked in the past, and more will be added to that list shortly after having parted ways with River Plate.
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