River It crosses a strange moment. It is curious about the club of Nat because it is comfortable in the first positions of zone B of the Opening Tournament And he added four points in his first two games in the group stage of the Copa Libertadoresbut the team of Marcelo Gallardo It does not end up appearing and the feeling that dominates in the fans is disappointment.
It is that since the return of the doll, in the middle of last year, dozens of millions of dollars were invested in reinforcements and, although the rod was very high, there were matches and worrying results. For example, recent draws against Sarmiento de Junín y Barcelona from Guayaquiltwo smaller rivals. The lack of goal, due to impericia or bad fortune, is another problem that seems to have no solution.
In that sports context, River is news for an episode outside the playing field and whose protagonist is a rapporteur and party journalist who covers the day to day of the club. It’s about Hernán Santarsieronicknamed The Tanowho has long stands out for being very critical of this second cycle of Gallardo in the Millionaire but that in the last hours passed several limits in his opinions.
He did it by speaking “about the present football” of the club, when treating DT as “a sick person” and “vulnerable.” “I told them that he has personal problems,” Santarsiero said in one of his usual editorials about the doll, in his streaming channel by YouTube, Monumental tune.
“They used it, they wanted it to be their protective umbrella, but it is an umbrella that is made shit,” he said referring to the River leadership that chose Gallardo to replace Martín Demichelis.
The controversial sayings of Santarsiero had an even more repudiable complement: one of their panelists, disguised with a chicken maskrant against the coach and shouted that if “he has a problem, that he committed suicide or hangs, but to leave us calm.”
The video went viral on the networks throughout Thursday and on early Friday forced the club to take letters in the matter in defense of the man who today has a statue of 8 meters high at the entrance of the Monumental.
“Santarsiero”:
For the sanctions announced River after comments against Marcelo Gallardo in #Sintoniamononial pic.twitter.com/WiIUEa3Hh4– Why is it a trend? (@Porquecuendencia) April 11, 2025
It was the president Jorge Brito who took care of dealing with the situation. “Absolute repudiation of the extra -socket comments of Hernán Santarsiero and José Ramón González, since on repeated occasions they have dedicated themselves to defame, denigrate and invent over our club, players, coaching staff and their relatives,” he began by saying the leader in his Twitter account.
He added: “This was not the first time, but we will not allow more personal attacks, cowards, or lies disguised as information. As an institution we will quickly take the corresponding measures.”
Absolute repudiation of the extra -economic comments of Hernán Santarsiero and José Ramón González, since on repeated occasions they have dedicated themselves to defame, denigrate and invent on our club, players, coaching staff and their relatives. This was not the first time, but no …
– Jorge Brito (@jorgebrito) April 11, 2025
A while later, from Núñez came out A statement In which it was announced that Santarsiero will run out of accreditation for an indeterminate time and that he will be suspended as a partner, the same sanction that reaches José Ramón González, one of his panelists. The case is in the hands of the Club Discipline Commission but also of the Department of Legal, which will evaluate judicial actions against both.
River receives workshops this Sunday from 8:15 p.m. University of Peru and for the opening against Sarmiento in Junínand his last meeting was in the Monumental against the Ecuadorian Barcelona but without a public for a sanction of Conmebol.