River Plate, leader of the 2023 tournament of the Professional League de Fútbol (LPF), will receive tomorrow Union of Santa Fe for the ninth date, before the debut in the Copa Libertadores de América.
Before the break for the FIFA date, Martín Demichelis’s team was at the top of the standings with 18 points and will defend the leadership just before its presentation in the most important tournament on the continent.
The “millionaire” receives the beaten Union, which is 26th with just 7 units, and then will focus on the hard trip to Bolivia to visit The Strongest on Tuesday, in the height of La Paz.
River arrives toned since on the last day they defeated Sarmiento (2-0) in Junín and basted their fourth victory in a row. This streak began after the unexpected defeat on the fifth date against Arsenal (2-1) at the Monumental that had shaken the start of Demichelis’s cycle.
Unión comes from losing to Racing Club (3-1) at home and will look for its second victory in the championship to get away from the bottom zone.
Uruguayan Gustavo Munúa’s team is under reconstruction after the departure of important pieces such as Juan Ignacio Nardoni (Racing) and Juan Carlos Portillo (Workshops) but they need to add to avoid suffering in the future with permanence.
The “tatengue” also drags a long streak of 14 games without winning out of April 15 with six losses and eight draws.
Unión’s last victory in Núñez was in January 2019 2-1 and on the next visit they fell 4-0.
The last two precedents were in Santa Fe with a local victory (1-0 for the 2022 League Cup) and a 5-1 win by the “millionaire” in June last year.
In the history, River dominates with 30 wins against 15 for Union and is completed with 24 draws.
Source: Ambito
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