“We believe that from football we have the possibility of sowing seeds,” he said.
Hugo Ibarra signed his first title as ‘xeneize’ coach this Sunday
The farewell from the official competition at the head of River Plate of its coach, Marcelo Gallardobrought together an unexpected ‘gift’ for its greatest rival, Boca Juniors, in the form of victory over Racing Club (1-2)which prevented the ‘Academy’ from snatching the leadership from the ‘xeneizes’.
“I would like to emphasize that, in a country where everything is suspected, where everything is so petty, that it even seems devoid of values, we believe that from football we have the possibility of sowing seeds that mean having respect and dignity for the passion that this sport generates for all of us”, remarked ‘el Muñeco’ after the match.
Faced with those who suspected that neither River -against Racing- nor Independiente -against Boca- were going to fight in the twenty-seventh and last date of the Professional Soccer League to favor their historical rivals (Boca and Racing, respectively), the ‘Millionaire’ and the ‘Rojo’ fought for the 3 points and, in the case of the first, they succeeded.
“Beyond having benefited our classic rival, we are proud to have this internal peace. Above all, to close it in this way, where we did not have to protect our integrity, dignity and values. The rest does not return. If this stays in River, it will be bigger than it is & rdquor ;, Gallardo added.
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– Boca Juniors (@BocaJrsOficial) October 23, 2022
The coach announced on October 13 that he was not going to renew his contract, when it ends in December, although he did not clarify what his future will be.
On the other shore, Hugo Ibarra, who until three months ago directed the Boca Juniors reserve team, This Sunday he signed his first title as ‘xeneize’ coach.
His team tied 2-2 with Independiente and added 52 points, while Racing finished with 50 units after falling to River 1-2.
“The truth is that these guys deserve it. It was a huge job and all this effort during the time that I am in charge as coach, they deserve it because they have done everything that is being lived at this moment & rdquor;defined Ibarra in a press conference after the match.
“We had to do our job. We turned around a result that was ultimately complicated by a draw. We had to think about ourselves, the best won & rdquor ;, added the coach.
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Ibarra began his career as a professional player in 1993 with the shirt of Colón de Santa Fe, and then moved to Boca three times until his retirement in 2010, before which he played for Porto, Monaco and Espanyol.
Winner as a Boca player of 4 Libertadores Cups, one South American, one Intercontinental and three South American Cup Winners Cups, Ibarra began his career as a coach in 2021 with the reserve ‘xeneize’ and in July of this year he became director of the starting squad after the dismissal of Sebastián Battaglia.
While River fans sadly say goodbye to the most successful coach in their history, Those of Boca celebrate their title number 73 in the history of the clubafter the 2022 League Cup won in May.
And Gallardo, the same coach who left ‘xeneize’ in his heart the biggest possible wound when winning the final of the Copa Libertadores played in Madrid in 2018, he said goodbye to the Argentine League this Sunday with a farewell ‘gift’ to his eternal rival.
