Gallardo targets Palmeiras after River’s Tucumán setback | OneFootball

Marcelo Gallardo spoke in great detail after the fall against Atlético Tucumán about River's plan for the return of the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals against Palmeiras, a duel at the Allianz Parque in São Paulo, where his team arrives with the obligation to win to stay alive.

Thinking about Verdao, the Doll saved many players and regretted the few answers he found from those variants, who could not prevent the 2-0 defeat against the Dean: «This match was precisely between the Palmeiras series, it was a good test for those who were not playing or playing less. We were not good in the match, neither collectively nor individually. We suffered an early goal again and it was not a good match for us at all, it's hard to draw good conclusions from today's match», he began.

With his sights set on the imminent challenge on Brazilian soil, Gallardo delved into the need to arrive in the best way at the match: «The message is to have a good mental preparation to play a match that is all to play for. The series was going to be like this, we have to go to win in Brazil, we have no other choice and we have to prepare for that».

«The players who are physically and mentally fresh will have the opportunity to turn around a match that we are going to play in a decisive way, because we have no other way to do it. We have to think that it is possible, there is a difference of only one goal and we have to play it that way», the Doll indicated.

However, Gallardo focused on the need to think of the challenge as something positive and not as a burden: «The match is still a beautiful challenge to face it that way. It's a great opportunity, that in the face of adversity, to achieve something that seems impossible but -in my way of thinking- we are going to prepare it with the energy we have to turn the result around and win the match in Brazil. As a challenge and a nice alternative we have, not as a blocking issue».

«It's a great opportunity. They are series against a team of the same level as yours, which is one of the big favorites to win the Cup. We measured ourselves and, although there is a goal difference, it is not something that I don't think we can achieve. If we play a good match we will have possibilities», he concluded.

River will face a Palmeiras on Wednesday that arrives in tune and that despite also putting substitutes in the Brasileirao, beat Fortaleza de Martín Palermo 4-1.

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