📉 River Plate lose at home again, enduring their worst run in 43 years

What is happening with River Plate? The Argentine team is going through a very delicate moment.

Los Millonarios have lost six of their last seven games and have reached their worst streak in the last 43 years.

That’s right: since 1982, the club hadn’t gone through such a negative stretch.

Aside from the 1–0 win over Racing on October 2 in the Argentine Cup, River Plate lost to Palmeiras twice in the Libertadores (2–1 and 3–1 on 9/17 and 9/24), as well as to Atlético Tucumán (2–0 on 9/20), Deportivo Riestra (2–1 on 9/28), Rosario Central (2–1 on 10/5), and Sarmiento de Junín (1–0 on 10/12), all in the Argentine Championship.

The run worries fans and puts pressure on coach Marcelo Gallardo, who sees the team’s performance drop precisely at the decisive stretch of the season.

“I set goals for myself all the time. I’m not here living for free. I have a sense of belonging, and having lived what we’ve lived at least makes me identify with the people. I didn’t come here to live off the past. I don’t intend to live off the past; I could have done that and stayed at home enjoying life. I like challenges, and this adversity won’t make me give up,” said Gallardo after the loss to Sarmiento at the Monumental de Núñez.

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Lack of creativity? Defensive problems? Physical drop-off? All of that plays a part. The truth is that River Plate needs to react quickly so as not to compromise the rest of the year.

With four straight defeats in the “Clausura,” Los Millonarios are in fifth place in Group B with 18 points from 12 games. 

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