It comes holding an irregular walk, like the vast majority of Argentine soccer teams. It costs him against certain rivals and in certain stadiums, as perhaps it had not happened for a long time. However, River should never be left for dead. He has overcome more difficult situations and transformed the so-called “crises” into “opportunities” on more than one occasion. Nothing is forever and Marcelo Gallardo’s teamwhich is in the midst of a new reconstruction, knows this more than anyone.
This Wednesday from 9:30 p.m. the Greatest will face Defense and Justice for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. A key match for what the goal itself means and because it can be a shortcut to enter the next edition of the Copa Libertadores next year. In addition, it is a direct elimination match in which River needs to re-impose itself from its character and make a click in the face of what is to come.
For this meeting Marcelo Gallardo will be able to count on the majority of his coaches. The forced loss will be David Martínez, who has just been expelled against Barracas Central and will have to serve a suspension date in this match. Nor will he be able to count on Tomás Pochettino, who suffers from a flu-like illness that forced him to miss training on Monday and also kept him on the sidelines during Tuesday’s afternoon practice. For this reason he did not travel to Chaco either.
As for the team’s assembly, the Doll has two doubts: if he supports Javier Pinola in the central defense or arranges for the entry of Paulo Díaz; and if he returns to bet on Juan Fernando Quintero as a link or if he keeps Rodrigo Aliendro in the middle of the field. The rest would be the same ones that came from equalizing against Tigre last Saturday at the José Dellagiovanna stadium.
On the Defense and Justice side, Sebastián Beccacece did not confirm the team. In principle, Florencio Varela’s team would present two changes with respect to the eleven that comes from beating Banfield for the Professional League: the income of Adonis Frías and Fabricio Domínguez to replace Francisco Marco and Gabriel Alanís.
POSSIBLE FORMATIONS:
RIVER PLATE (4-3-1-2): Franco Armani; Andres Herrera, Emmanuel Mammana, Javier Pinola or Paulo Diaz, Milton Helmet; Augustin Palavecino, Enzo Perez, Nicholas De La Cruz; John Fernando Quintero or Rodrigo Aliendro; Pablo Solari and Michael Borja. DT: Marcel Gallardo.
Substitutes: Ezekiel Centurion, Jonathan Maidana, Elias Gomez, Bruno Zuculini, James Simon, Jose Paradela, Ezekiel Barco, Matthias Suarez and Lucas Beltran.
DEFENSE AND JUSTICE (4-1-4-1): Ezekiel Unsain; Nicholas Tripichio, Adonis Cold, Nazarene Colombo, Alexis Soto; Kevin Gutierrez; Fabricio Dominguez, Thomas Galvan, Manuel Duarte, Gaston Togni; Andrew Rivers. DT: Sebastián Beccacece.
Substitutes: Marcos Peano, Lautaro Amade, Lucas Souto, Francisco Marco, Thomas Sives, Julian Lopez, Lautaro Escalante, Federico Versace, Nicolas Zalazar, Brahian Cuello, Tom Cardona, Christian Ortiz, Leandro Otormin, Lucas Albertengo, Gabriel Alanis, Nicolas Fernandez and Augustin Fontana . . . .
MATCH DATA
Hour: 21.30
Estadio: Centennial (Chaco)
Referee: Paul Echavarria
Assistants: Facundo Rodriguez and Jose Castelli
Fourth referee: William Gonzalez
TV: TyC Sports