Marcelo Gallardo and Hugo Ibarra will meet for the first time as coaches of River and Boca in a Superclásico.
As players, they once shared a match with the Argentine national team and it was in a friendly against Venezuela in 1999. La Albiceleste won 2-0, el Muñeco lasted one goal, while the winger was replaced due to injury to the 23 minutes into the first half.
The novelty was that it was Marcelo Bielsa’s debut as coach and he chose this line-up made up of players from the local tournament.
Burgos was River’s goalkeeper and had a great performance in that game. He responsible for sustaining the result with the match tied.
Hugo Ibarra did not have his dream presentation with Bielsa, since he was injured after 23 minutes.
In 1999 he was still in River and was one of the great figures in defense.
Author of the first goal for Argentina when the second half had just begun.
Juan Pablo Sorín was one of the great figures of that team and he had a lot of quality. That year was his last in Argentine soccer.
Leonardo Astrada was 29 years old and one of the most experienced players. Another from River.
Diego Cagna was already making people talk in Boca and earned a place in the National Team.
Bassedas played his last year in Vélez and was one of the figures. He was later transferred to Newcastle.
Marcelo Gallardo scored the goal that sentenced the match. He was the great figure of that team.
Palermo was already in Boca and was one of the best scorers in the country. He was part of that process.
A duo that gave Boca a lot of joy. Guillermo was also part of the Bielsa process and played the Copa América that year.
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