Marcelo Gallardo explained why he had named Julián Álvarez for the shots on goal

Marcelo Gallardo explained why he entrusted to Julián Álvarez, a teenager of only 18 years and with a handful of minutes of Division 1, the responsibility to execute the fifth penalty of the decisive turn against Gimnasia in the semi-finals of Copa Argentina.

"I missed the penalty because there is a hierarchy and that a week ago I won a shootout," Gallardo said.laughing. "I had confidence that he would have no problem baduming this responsibility and he played very well," he added.