River suffered a tough elimination in the Apertura Tournament after losing to Platense at the Monumental stadium. Although they managed to tie at the end of the match thanks to the controversial penalty on Miguel Borja, the penalty shootout ended up reflecting what the development of the game had been.
This was acknowledged by Marcelo Gallardo, who in the post-match press conference was brief and direct. "More than concern, I have the frustration of not reaching the end, which was one of the objectives. Today we couldn't flow as we had been doing, but we also have to recognize the opponent's work, who made merits so that we couldn't show what we had been doing as a team," he began by saying.
In his subsequent statements, the coach expanded more on his analysis: "Sometimes you manage to subdue the opponent beyond what they propose and win by persistence, and sometimes, you don't. This time they cut our circuits. We conceded a goal, and that gave them a much greater perspective, positioned them better, and gave them superior energy. They worked the match very well, and we didn't find the paths due to that good work Platense did, we couldn't be creative to break that."
