Marcelo Gallardo’s team made bad decisions and now faces a very worrying panorama for the round of 16, before Freedom of Paraguay, with the risk of being eliminated.
River The injuries of his players suffer a lot. But not only that, he also suffers his own imperial, such as the assembly of the list of good faith for the round of 16 Copa Libertadores. Facing the series A Life or Death before Freedom of Paraguaythe “millionaire” will have a single healthy central defender to play, within which Marcelo Gallardo takes into account.
In question, River suffered the injuries of his defenders Lucas Martínez Quarta (knee sprain), Pezzella groan (Breaking of the previous cruciate ligament of the knee) and Paulo Díaz (knee synovitis), so it will only have available in that position Sebastián Boselli, Ulises Giménez and Federico Gattoni. However, the last two mentioned are not taken into account by Gallant (one trains in reserve and the other to contracture).
This happens because River made the mistake of not scoring Lautaro Rivero (Figure before Independiente) on the list, and instead he did with Maximiliano Salas, Juan Fernando Quintero, Juan Carlos Portillo and Matías Galarza. The funny thing is that Salas He is injured and will not play, and Portillo Drag a nuisance for which he still did not debut and is in doubt. Why score injured players, leaving a healthy one?
With this panorama, the fifth central defender in the consideration of Gallant You will have to start the two parties of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. And for the other place in the rear the coach will have to turn candles to Paulo Díaz or demand Portillo to debut this Thursday.
The problem lies in the assembly of the list from its base, back in March. The coach of River He decided to complete the list with just over 30 players, when the limit is 50. For his policy of not scoring juveniles to fill the list (they would be available for extraordinary cases), now he will not have them. In addition to Rivero (which was then in Central Córdoba), the cases that will shine for their absence are Juan Cruz Meza (enter all matches) and Bautista Dadín (being like that Borja The only striker who will have Gallant available).
Source: Ambito
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