After losing 1-0 to Unión in their debut in Santa Fe, the Millonarios showed another level at the Monumental -four days later- with a resounding victory against Patronato.
The technical director of River, Marcelo GallardoI would bet on the same lineup that thrashed those from Paraná, beyond the fact that it will have the return to the squad -which travels to Rosario today- of Robert Rojas and Agustín Palavecino.
The Paraguayan defender recovered from pubialgia and would return as a right-back marker for Marcelo Herrera. Midfielder Palavecino developed a patellar tendinopathy in his left knee and is among those summoned to replace Uruguayan Nicolás De La Cruz, ruled out due to a problem in his right knee.
After the victory over Patronato, Gallardo declared: “We were forceful, but we have to continue to oil control. It was necessary to add to confidence, to recover points and continue with that improvement. With the passing of the matches we are going to feel more recognized in our game.”
El Muñeco expressed that his idea is “to make the players who arrived join in what was already working; as they are good footballers, as the games go by they will take flight. We have a good replacement, but we need to oil some issues that have to do with the operation of the game”.
River, who has 3 points, is sixth in Zone A. Newell’s also has three points but is seventh on goal difference. Both are three points behind the leader Argentinos Juniors and 1 behind Sarmiento de Junín, Gimnasia La Plata, Platense and Unión.
Newell’s, with Javier Sanguinetti as coach, was renewed (changed the goalkeeper, three defenders and a forward), and also had an irregular start: he went from an auspicious debut with a 1-0 win over Defense and Justice -although he played almost the whole game with one more player due to the sending off of visiting defender Colombo – to a disappointing performance in a 3-0 loss away to Argentinos Juniors.
Regarding tomorrow’s game, the “red and black” midfielder and captain, Pablo Pérez, declared that “River has a hierarchy and unbalanced players. We have to be 100% focused because they can harm you at any time. They will come confident and do their game, and we have to take advantage of that confidence”.
In this sense, Pérez warned that “Julián Álvarez is an extraordinary player. We have to make him uncomfortable, we have to constantly pressure him, but Enzo Pérez is the center of River, he initiates all the plays. We have to cut that circuit. the other midfielders are not going to get the ball”.
The Ecuadorian striker Djorkaeff Reasco -was authorized yesterday with the documentation that arrived from Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito- or the former Union attacker Juan Manuel García will replace the injured Juan Garro, who suffered a muscular overload in the right hamstring.
The second variant that Sanguinetti is evaluating is the entry of midfielder Jerónimo Caccibue for attacking midfielder Nicolás Castro or for forward Ramiro Sordo, with the aim of having a more combative midfield.
River and Newell’s played 157 games in the first division of Argentine soccer, of which Núñez’s team won 74, tied 41 and lost 42 times against Rosario.
It’s been five years since Newell’s has beaten River at home. The last time was on November 20, 2016, when he beat him with a penalty goal from Ignacio Scocco, for the 2016-2017 season contest.
Likely formations:
Newell’s: Ivan Grove; Armando Méndez, Cristian Lema, Willer Ditta and Leonel Vangioni; Pablo Pérez, Jerónimo Cacciabue, Julián Fernández and Nicolás Castro or Ramiro Sordo; Djorkaeff Reasco or Juan Manuel García and Francisco González. DT: Javier Sanguinetti.
River Plate: Franco Armani, Marcelo Herrera, Paulo Díaz, Héctor Martínez and Franco Casco; Santiago Simón, Enzo Pérez, Enzo Fernández and Tomás Pochettino; Ezequiel Barco and Julián Álvarez. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Stadium: Colossus Bielsa.
Referee: Diego Abal.
Time: 9:30 p.m.
TV: Fox Sports Premium.
Source: Ambito
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