Overview
- Gutiérrez shared an old River goal celebration on Instagram with the caption “Parece fácil,” a post many outlets read as an indirect jab at the current forwards.
- River have scored four times in the Torneo Apertura with no goals from strikers, as Juan Fernando Quintero netted two, Gonzalo Montiel added one, and Lautaro Rivero scored the other.
- Extended droughts persist up front, with Facundo Colidio at 22 matches without a goal, Sebastián Driussi around 13, and Maximiliano Salas about 11.
- The conversation intensified after Tigre’s 4-1 win at the Monumental, which deepened scrutiny of River’s lack of cutting edge in attack.
- Now 40 and playing for Junior de Barranquilla, Gutiérrez’s past River record of 28 goals and eight assists in 70 games, including multiple titles, lends resonance to his comment.