Marcelo Gallardo once again face to face with Christophe Galtier, the PSG coach with whom he had a fight and ended up in a hospital

The friendly between

and

, a team of footballers from the

League, was sold as the possible last duel between

and

, in addition to the unavoidable presence of two other absolute stars such as

and

Jr.

But there will be another clash with its own history (and perhaps unknown) in the substitute benches, the one that will face

and

, the DTs in charge of the "match".

El Muñeco, jobless since he announced his departure from

, was invited to be part of the event and accepted without hesitation.

And the Frenchman, who seeks to recover his players to resume the triumphant march in

and prepare for their duels for the round of 16 in the Champions League against Bayern Munich in mid-February, was forced to accept as a result of the more than 11 million of dollars that the club will receive as an economic benefit.

What few took into account (or not) was that Gallardo and Galtier have a very hot history, and that it returns now that they will have to shake hands (or not) on the occasion of the international friendly

Christophe Galtier arrived at PSG to put order in the dressing room and is going for the Champions League.

Photo: BERTRAND GUAY / AFP.

Galtier began his career as an assistant at Olympique de Marseille, his hometown, where he had made his debut as a footballer in 1985. His first time as an assistant was in 1999, just a few weeks after hanging up his boots (his last club was Chinese Liaoning).

But shortly after starting that journey and while working with Bernard Casoni,

On April 7, 2000, during halftime of the match between Olympique and Monaco at the Velodrome for the 34th date of Ligue 1, Gallardo and Galtier had a fistfight in the corridor between the pitch and the changing rooms.

with a swollen face, a black eye and a badly beaten chest,

“Gallardo insulted me and hit me.

I answered with a reflex of self-defense”

, justified Galtier, who was suspended for six months due to that incident whose seriousness even drew the attention of Marie Buffet, the Minister of Sports of the Government headed by Jacques Chirac.

“What happened was extremely serious for high-level sports, professional sports and sports in general.

What an example for young people who see their idols attack each other in the halls of a stadium," lamented the official.

Despite that skirmish and the suspension he had to serve,

.

He then had experiences abroad at the Greek Aris Thessaloniki, the Emirati Al Ain and the English Portsmouth, and he also worked in his country at Bastia, Sochaux and Olympique de Lyon, always as an assistant, until he took over in December 2009. of Saint Etienne.

Marcelo Gallardo greets Cristiano Ronaldo in his first practice with the team of Saudi football figures.

Today, Galtier leads the most powerful team in the world and has a duty to live up to the expectations of the Qatari moguls and win the

, a mission that no one has been able to achieve until now and which earned his predecessor, Mauricio Pochettino, the job.

Gallardo, who stood out as a footballer at Monaco and also played a couple of seasons at

, left fond memories in Paris and was mentioned last year as a candidate to fill Poche's position when he was managing River.

For this reason, now that he is free, no one rules out that in the future he may have his chance in the event that Galtier is forced to step aside from his current position, an electric chair in terms of pressure and objectives.

The future will speak.

For now, we will have to watch this afternoon's friendly to see how Gallardo and Galtier greet each other, if at all.

Twenty-odd years have passed, they have succeeded as coaches

.

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