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Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate) - Managers of the Copa Libertadores
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it is not just players who shine in the
copa libertadores manages to earn
plaudits and become stars in their own
right a host of managers have made their
careers in South American tournaments
then gone on to coach European or
international sides óscar tabárez won
the copa libertadores once before taking
the Uruguayan national team to the 2010
World Cup semi-finals Carlos Bilardo won
the Copa Libertadores three times before
going on to win the 1986 World Cup as
manager of Argentina Luis Felipe Scolari
won the copa libertadores twice then
helped win the 2002 world cup for brazil
but when the 17 year old Marcelo
Gallardo first stepped onto the pitch
for River Plate in 1993 nobody would
have expected him to become by 2018 one
of the clubs and South America's most
successful managers
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as a central midfielder his style
technique and precision helped him to
win a host of league titles for
Argentine French and Uruguayan clubs as
a manager though Machado is in his
element with River Plate he took over
management of River Plate in 2014
bringing back previously relegated
players like carlos sanchez and rodrigo
mora he won the 2014 Copa Sudamericana
the South American equivalent of the
Europa League with River having an
incredible unbeaten run in the
competition this game to River Plate
entry to the 2015 Copa Libertadores that
was a challenging tournament I've made a
video discussing the details of rivers
win that year they went from the lowest
ranked club in the competition to the
winners gisado had brought River their
second Copa Libertadores title and
became the only River Manager to have
played in the tournament in 1996 and won
it in 2015 gisado himself showed as a
player and now shows as a manager a
remarkable ability to predict how
moments in games will unfold he
emphasises visualization and awareness
his tactics are undeniably
characteristic of South American
football on the attack he employs pace
flexibility and fluidity
in defense however he emphasizes
discipline and cohesion he ensures his
players work together and have both
great stamina and awareness with the
objective being to transition from
attack to defense rapidly and to ensure
numerical superiority in each part of
the pitch during each part of the game
he employs a variety of formations most
commonly are four four two or a four one
two three in both formations he
emphasizes wide wingers who can support
the striker or strikers either by
crossing the ball or by acting as inside
forwards who can make runs on goals
themselves the aim is a fluid attack in
the midfield he uses narrower attacking
players as advance play makers who can
find holes in opposition defense and
distribute the ball quickly to the
forwards in every formation he aims to
ensure a quick transition where needed
using box-to-box fullbacks he guarantees
overwhelming numbers in attack and
defense go shallow is that the technical
forefront of the game he has employed
neuroscientists and sports psychologists
to ensure his players are best able to
visualize the match awareness of the
game and the ability to predict what
will happen next is a key factor for
River Plate splay errs according to
casado himself these very methods help
gisado take River Plate to the 2018 Copa
Libertadores where fighting their way to
the finals they face their century-old
hated foes Boca Juniors
a matchup of immense proportions the
Copa Libertadores final as a super
classic Oh
drawing in the first leg at La Bombonera
the second leg had to be delayed
rivers more intense supporters had
attacked the baka genius team bus as it
made its way to L monumental for the
second leg so the second leg was played
at the Bern eval in Madrid the first
timer Copa Libertadores final had been
played outside South America after 90
minutes the game was won all and so
headed into extra time
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Juan Quintero and Gonzalo Martinez
scored two goals in extra time to give
River the win look out the brain the
master always this was the second Copa
Libertadores title under casado as
manager and perhaps the club's most
important title to date the 2018 Copa
Libertadores drew immense attention to
Marcelo gisado and a range of plaudits
he was named the 2018 South American
coach of the year he was listed as the
second best coach in the world behind it
Barcelona's Ernesto Valverde and ahead
of such luminaries as atletico madrid
Simeone
your ventus's Alegre in Liverpool's
Jurgen Klopp
today because yarrow ranks alongside his
predecessor Raimondi us as the most
successful River Plate manager of all
time although he has cost recent rumors
about a move to Europe there is no doubt
big clubs will be watching him and other
great managers in the Copa Libertadores
to help bring their teams to quarry and
so Marcelo Gallardo's achievements at
River Plate leave no doubt that South
American football and particularly the
Copa Libertadores will continue to
produce some of the finest football
managers in the world
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