Video: Ovation for Gallardo, whistles for players on Muñeco’s farewell | OneFootball

Ovations for Gallardo and disapproval for the players: this is how the Monumental experienced the last day of the "Muñeco" In his last match against Banfield with a 3-1 victory, the fans paid tribute to the most successful coach in the club's history, but expressed their dissatisfaction with many of the players through whistles and insults due to their poor performance.

Watch and listen to the whistles directed at River players during Marcelo Gallardo's farewell:

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As soon as the players came out to perform their pre-match exercises, the fans already present at the Monumental expressed their discontent. "Let's see if the players and the fans understand each other…" , "At River Plate, you have to win and not think about which club to go dancing…" and "Put in more effort, put in more heart…" were the two songs that were sung.

Subsequently, the stadium announcer announced River's eleven starters and the substitutes. Except for the youth players (Santiago Beltrán, Facundo González, Ian Subiabre, and Joaquín Freitas), all the players were booed. Some of them to a lesser extent, like Gonzalo Montiel or Tomás Galván, and others on a larger scale, such as Sebastián Driussi, Paulo Díaz, Marcos Acuña, Kevin Castaño, Matías Viña, Facundo Colidio, and Maximiliano Salas (the most disapproved).

To the chant of: "Muñeco, Muñeco…", Gallardo, on the other hand, received a thunderous ovation from the more than 80,000 spectators present at the Monumental. The same happened after Lucas Martínez Quarta's goal that opened the scoring at 13'.

And the end? "Muñeco, Muñeco, Muñeco…", was the unison chant from all the stands, immediately followed by the chant asking for him to stay: "Gallardo is from River, he won't leave River". The coach left first, greeting the fans, in a display of mutual love that will last forever. The players followed him into the tunnel seconds later, once again booed.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.