River Plate qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 Copa Libertadores after beating Colo Colo 1-0 in the second leg of the quarter-finals, played at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on Tuesday 24 September.
However, Arturo Vidal, a legend in Chilean football, improved things with his statements ahead of the quarter-finals. After Cacique's removal, the 'King' reappeared to give a spicy and controversial farewell to the Libertadores.
“Analysis is good. After such a long time, Kolo Kolo has reached such a level, it is very important to stand on equal footing against a team that was ready to win this trophy, we made them look bad, I think we were more than them at one time. But they had one, and they put it in,” observed Vidal.
He then proceeded to poke fun at River, even goalkeeper Franco Armani: “The team got stronger and stronger, we believed a lot. I heard you say we were going behind, did you see how we put them behind? The world champion goalkeeper took his time from the first minute. Whatever helped us, the team It will come out very strong.”
“We showed that against a great team that is ready to win this trophy. We stand equal. The other day, for the first time in his entire time on the river, Coach made changes to a classic, and now he made them because he was afraid of us. We showed better football than them and we were unlucky and they did it to us,” added 'King Arthur'.
