River Plate: Marcelo Gallardo was 'candidate' of Palmeiras fans as replacement for Scolari [PHOTOS]

We are less than a month away from seeing another River Plate vs. Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores. And it is that two of the biggest teams on the continent will face each other in the semifinals and the team led by coach Marcelo Gallardo are favorites, mainly for being the reigning champions and defeating Boca Juniors a year ago in the final played in the city of Madrid.

Amidst the atmosphere at River Plate due to what Marcelo Gallardo has achieved in recent years, the Argentine coach appears on the scene to join Brazil's Palmeiras. It's not that the management has called him, but the fans of this team campaign on Twitter to hire him.

Palmeiras fired Luiz Felipe Scolari due to poor results and the fans of the team responded to the announcement of the dismissal with several messages urging them to sign the River Plate coach. They quickly flooded the social network with messages, but it was all in vain.

It turns out that Mano Menezes was officially announced as the new coach of the 'verdao' team and the fans expressed their dissatisfaction with his arrival. "Marcelo would have come in handy because he has experience in the Libertadores," said one.

Now, Marcelo Gallardo only has his mind set on what lies ahead for River Plate. After the September break due to FIFA dates, the 'millionaires' will play against Huracán, Vélez Sarsfield, Gimnasia La Plata, Boca (Libertadores semifinals), and Patronato.

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