The Last Dance. The last game of Marcello Gallardo as DT of River in the Monument. The pitch is covered in tears: no one wants to see the coach who gave them the most joy leave. This is why here we show you everything minute by minute: from applause to everything the Doll does.
Gallardo, emotional (Maxi Failla).
After the game, Gallardo was moved and was hugged by all the players of the squad, who had tears in their eyes. It is the end of a glorious era and everyone at the Monumental knows it: in tears we sing for the most successful coach in history.
After that moment, a video was played on the Monumental screen which showed a summary of the entire Gallardo cycle for a few minutes.
Gallardo, emotional (Maxi Failla).
Subsequently, Juanfer Quintero read him a message: “Dear Marcelo Gallardo, those of us here have come to thank you. Thank you for honoring this grandstand and for Labruna’s draw. For winning, appreciating and scoring. To train the players. Thank you from all the branches. Thank you from all of us who dream of believing. Thank you from the club where you were born and for teaching us to believe. Thank you for making respect sacred. Thank you for every endeavor, for living and playing with greatness. Thanks from San Martín, Belgrano and Sívori. Thank you for challenging the Gremio in the locker room, for the 14 titles, the glory and the unforgettable chapter of our history. Thank you for December 9 and for this emotion that will keep us alive forever. And thank you for this joy, to beat Boca and become champion “.
Gallardo also spoke: “Honestly, I don’t know where to start … My bond with River … I am truly privileged. Never in my life have I dreamed of experiencing such a thing. And if I did, it was something very mine, and being in this place right now, with a big lump in my throat, afraid to express myself because this is too much.
“I just want to thank you because the only thing to do, my bond with River I think comes from a lifetime. I have many memories about me, too much has been the road traveled. I want to start by remembering on this Mother’s Day the woman who made me. given life that surely will be proud sitting somewhere privileged up there in heaven. Good morning to all moms on this day of yours. I remember music with great affection, with great love. It was she who expected me to come from every workout when she was small, she hugged me, she accompanied me everywhere. Until the day she left she sat in the audience waiting for me in the dressing room to hug me. So thank you, old woman, somewhere in heaven where you are to give me life “.
“Thank you to my family who have supported me all this time. Thank you to all my team. I appreciate, respect and love you. You have been part of my body all this time. Thank you players. A lot has happened. in all this time many. They are the real protagonists of what we can work on, develop or feel that they develop and achieve. work out”.
“River taught me that it is a way of living, of being, of respecting, and we had to win and they were beautiful, indelible things that were for life. But we also had to lose and in defeat I felt more proud. Life has this. It has what it teaches you, which allows you to be human to make mistakes. And have more strength to continue. And we have been all this time: we have been a team of mates, a great team of work, but if there is something to emphasize it is that we have been a big family. A serious family that has done everything to live every moment. And it is incredible, it is the most beautiful thing I carry with me, I embrace everyone of the players “.
“Thanks to the management, to its president … Thanks because you believed in me, you accompanied me for eight and a half years, you have always been by my side. Thanks to Enzo Francescoli for being the person who gave me this opportunity, who trusted and accompanied in an incredible way. Without ego. With the best wishes that we do well, enjoying the triumphs as ours and that are not found in many places. Thank you, Enzo “.
Thank you, thank you for making me feel very special for more than eight years. Thank you for every tribute when you enter this field, in this stadium, thank you for giving me your heart. I’ll miss you so much. As I said, my bond is not a contract year, two or three or eight have passed, my relationship with River is for life.
Gallardo, on his last night in Núñez (Reuters).
Gallardo, on his last night in Núñez (AP).
