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Bronze bulge stands out as River Plate honors coach Marcelo Gallardo

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River Plate recognized Marcelo Gallardo as the most successful coach in the club’s history with the unveiling of a statue at the weekend, but a prominent bulge in the crotch area of the huge bronze has attracted as much mockery as veneration.
The towering statue, which is eight meters tall and weighs 6.3 tons, stands outside the Monumental Stadium and depicts a famous image of Gallardo lifting one of the two Copa Libertadores trophies he won with the Buenos Aires club.
According to sculptor Mercedes Savall, the prominence of the trouser bulge, which has already inspired a host of internet memes, was a deliberate feature of the piece and reflected the vulgar local terrace slang for “effort”.
“I exaggerated that part and I understood that it has to do with a gesture towards the fans,” told the Argentine newspaper La Nacion.

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