River will receive this Tuesday Atlético Mineiro with the premise of striking the blow and turning around the series that has them down 3-0 in the framework of the second leg of the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores 2024.
The Brazilian team did a good part of its work last Tuesday with a resounding 3-0 win in Belo Horizontea result that paves the way quite a bit for those led by the Argentine Gabriel Milito.
However, Riverdirected by Marcelo Gallardothe most successful coach in its history, refuses to give up and in his bastion of Monumentalwith more than 80,000 fans In the stands, he will try to reverse an extremely complex series.
In favor of the red band team they play their history and the prominence gained in recent years in the Liberatorswith titles in 2015 and 2018a final lost in 2019 in view of Flamengo in the last minute, and semi-finals in 2017, 2020 and 2024with several epic ‘mata-mata’ that cemented the cup aura of Gallant and his staff.
However, Mineiro last week was responsible for destroying the undefeated River held in this edition of the Cupwith the offensive power that formed Hulk, Paulinho and Deyversonauthor of a double.
For this revenge, both clubs chose to protect their starters: River played with a majority of substitutes in the 0-0 against Defense and Justice for the League Argentina in which it occupies 8th place, while Mineiro fell 3-1 at home against Inter Porto Alegre in it Brazilianin which he appears 9th in the table.
Instead, Gallant He was concerned about the Colombian striker’s drought Miguel Borja and the lack of goal that drags Riverwith just one goal scored (and from a penalty) in the last five games, a worrying fact in the face of a match in which they must score at least three -and without conceding- to force a penalty shootout.
The “Millionaire” faces only one doubt on the left side, where the World Cup winner Marcos Acuña He is still recovering from tendinitis and will be waited until the last minute.
The winner will compete in the final in the Most Monumental Stadium on November 30 against the winner of the other semifinal, in which Botafogo He made a huge difference by beating 5-0 Penarol on the way
What time does River vs Atlético Mineiro play?
Start time: 9:30 p.m.
Where to watch River vs Atlético Mineiro
TV: Fox Sports and Telefe.
Trainings:
River: Franco Armani – Fabricio Bustos, Germán Pezzella, Paulo Díaz and Marcos Acuña or Enzo Díaz – Nacho Fernández, Matías Kranevitter, Manuel Lanzini or Santiago Simón, and Maximiliano Meza – Facundo Colidio and Miguel Borja. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Atlético Mineiro: Everson – Lyanco, Rodrigo Battaglia and Junior Alonso – Gustavo Scarpa, Fausto Vera, Alan Franco and Guilherme Arana – Deyverson, Hulk and Paulinho. DT: Gabriel Milito.
Referee: Wilmar Roldan (Colombia)
Stadium: Most Monumental
Source: Ambito
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