In a brief statement after the match, Marcelo Gallardo was very clear: "I already took stock of what this year has been for all of us, after everything we went through. I’m here to acknowledge and appreciate my players, who made me feel represented. I was moved by the way they played, by how they approached the match.”

And he added: “I feel fulfilled, because when one sees the team's posture, the ways in which they played, I don’t have much left to say. I simply want to thank them for the match they played. Personally, what I saw today makes me feel totally proud and it also dignifies my profession.”