“We are going to take advantage of Marcelo Gallardo’s work with River. Thanks for the training they have given him.” One more compliment of so many that they did to the Doll? No way. What Pep Guardiola said showing his happiness at the competitive level of Julián Álvarez reflects a trend: that products made in MG are suitable for consumption in Europe.
Together with the Cordovan, before and after, from the hand of the Doll, players were formed (or completed their growth) who today make noise on the other side of Atlético and who are part of the First World of football: five of them, in fact. they will play in this edition of the Champions League, and another two could join that select group.
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At City, which is looking for the tournament it is missing and which will once again be one of the great entertainers of the 2023 edition, a Julián who debuted with a goal in his first official match in the Community Shields final against Liverpool will go for the dream of playing in the final of the tournament par excellence after having had the pleasure of playing in the final of the Copa Libertadores, in Madrid against Boca and in Lima against Flamengo.
Gonzalo Montiel at Sevilla for the Argentines, Rafa Borré and Lucas Alario at Eintracht Frankfurt who came to glory by achieving the first Europa League in their history and Exequiel Palacios at Leverkusen will be part of teams that a priori are not in the lot of candidates and that, in addition to the Coty of the Haaland-Älvarez duo, they will compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Milan, Inter, Nápoli, Juventus, Porto, Sporting, PSG, Olympique Marseille, Ajax, Bruges, Celtic, Red Bull Salzburg and Shakhtar Donestk, the teams already qualified for the 2023 edition.
Three fruits of the quarry (Julián, Montiel and Palacios, perhaps the best that emerged during this golden age), two that won the affection of the fans (Alario and Borré), the five with past and present in their teams and undoubtedly considered In the preference of the fans to form the ideal 11 of the cycle, the Gallardo’s boys will meet again, disputing the most prestigious competition at the club level.
Gonzalo Montiel with the National Team in an eliminatory duel against Colombia. (REUTERS)
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Two more could be added.
Enzo Fernández, the brand new incorporation of Benfica and another that, like Julián, debuted with a goal -a great goal- is competing to access the CL: against the Danish Midtjylland they achieved a 4-1 victory in the third qualifying round. And in the same instance Carlos Auzqui is competing (Ferencvaros tied 1-1 in the first leg against Qarabag).
The exeption
Although Éder Álvarez Balanta was part of the Muñeco squad, and was even crowned four times under his technical direction, his appearance took place in 2013, during the mandate of Ramón Díaz. The Colombian plays for Club Bruges, one of the greats of Belgian football.
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The former River in Champions that did not coincide with MG
Three more players with River Plate past, these without the Gallardo experience, will play the Champions League: Erik Lamela, who descended with the Millionaire, and Lucas Ocampos, one of the team’s highest values in the Second Division, are meeting in Seville. The rest is Alexis Sánchez, champion with River in the Clausura 2008, who recently left Inter Italian to go play for Olympique de Marseille in France.
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