Carlos Bianchi on River’s crisis: Gallardo faces a tough situation | OneFootball

Every time Carlos Bianchi speaks, the football world listens. That’s what happened when the “Virrey,” who currently splits his life between France and Argentina, sat down at the Olé Summit to share his thoughts and discuss some of today’s hot topics. Naturally, Boca was the main focus, but he also drew on his experience as a coach to reflect on River’s current situation: “(Marcelo) Gallardo’s is a tough situation to live through, and the first person who doesn’t want to go through it is him.”

Immersed in a deep crisis, lacking football direction, and facing adverse results, “El Muñeco” is experiencing his worst moment in Núñez. The Virrey, who had two golden eras at Xeneize and a third more complex one, assured that even Gallardo himself “never imagined it.”

“River has a good squad and had the chance to buy: they bought half a dozen players. The last thing anyone expected was the current situation. But it happens, and you have to find a way to turn things around. That’s how it is,” said Bianchi, cautious but sincere.

On the edge of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, without any titles so far this year, and with more scrutiny on the team than ever before, Gallardo is walking a path he’s never known, after a first cycle bathed in glory.

In that sense, the former player and three-time Copa Libertadores champion with Boca as coach added: “He’s been a coach for many years now, and I’m sure he’s as worried as anyone would be in this situation. But he’s a manager who has shown he can win a lot.”

Drawing from his own experience on the other side, Bianchi concluded his analysis by putting himself in Muñeco’s shoes and explained: “You can’t do anything. You say to yourself, how can this be? You think, you try to figure it out. Do you think Hamilton enjoys being fifteenth with Ferrari? Hamilton gets no pleasure from that, someone who’s been F1 champion seven times.”

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