FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Copa Libertadores - Quarter Final - Second Leg - Cerro Porteno v River Plate - General Pablo Rojas Stadium, Asuncion, Paraguay - August 29, 2019 River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo REUTERS/Jorge Adorno
(Reuters) - This year's Copa Libertadores final features two of the biggest clubs in South America, but Saturday’s encounter between River Plate and Flamengo is unusual in that attention is focused as much on the coaches as the players.
The coaching contest between River Plate's Marcelo Gallardo and Flamengo's Portuguese boss Jorge Jesus pitches a local lad against a foreign hire, a relative youngster against a veteran, and a quiet club stalwart meeting a voluble outsider.
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