Hugo Orlando Gatti (78) is the player with the most appearances in the First Division of Argentine football with 765 appearances. He is also the goalkeeper who saved the most penalties with 26 -along with Pato Fillol-. He played until he was 44 years old and became the oldest in the history of Argentine football. His surname is synonymous with Boca, but in his extensive career he also had a brief stint at River, where he could never take hold, because he competed for the position with the legendary Amadeo Carrizo. In the club of La Ribera, on the other hand, he was an idol. Multiple champion, he will always be remembered as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the institution.
However, the enormous figure of Gatti is not only supported by everything he achieved under the three sticks, but is now linked to his provocative style when it comes to commenting on current affairs. Whether in his role as a panelist of El Chiringuito de Jugones, a football debate program that is all the rage in Spain. or when he is interviewed by some Argentine media.
And that's what happened in the last few hours. In the early hours of Friday and in dialogue with Super Mitre Deportivo, Gatti did not keep anything and threw with all his arsenal of criticism to Franco Armani, current goalkeeper of River: "When the cagómetro grabs you, you can no longer".
"Armani played at River, he had a good moment but now I see him insecure, without confidence. He's a bad archer, one more. There are moments that the goalkeeper is held, but when the cagómeter grabs you it's like a cancer, you can't anymore," he added.
Armani's weak present in River
The River goalkeeper is going through a weak semester and a string of errors cost River dearly in the matches for the Professional League and, above all, for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, where Martin Demichelis' team just this week could channel, although not yet secure, the classification to the knockout stages.
The mistakes he made in the local tournament against Platense and Vélez did not go unnoticed. One, against the Squid, led to defeat. And the other cost two points, as the Fortín equalized the match at the end.
However, the grossest mistakes were in the draw against Sporting Cristal and in the win against Fluminense, which put at risk the round pass in the Libertadores. That one he will finally look for was what aroused the discomfort in the people because River could have been eliminated from the group stage of the international tournament. And although the classification has not yet been secured, everything indicates that it will do so on the last date when it is measured on June 27 against The Strongest at home.
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