River Plate, leader of Zone A of the Professional Football League (LPF) Cupwill defend this condition this Sunday during his visit to a Gymnastics and Fencing La Platafocused on adding points to get away from the risk of relegation to the First National by annual table.
The match, corresponding to the eleventh date, will be played from 17:30 in the La Plata Forest, under arbitration of Nicolas Lamolina (VAR, Pablo Dóvalo) and transmission of ESPN Premium.
The last Argentine soccer champion was placed in first place in Zone A with last Wednesday’s win against its second team Independent (3-0) at the Monumental.
After the noise from the elimination in the Libertadores Cup and the internal one between the DT Martin Demichelis and the team leaders, River It stabilized through triumphs and is already ready to attempt a new coronation at the end of the year.
The “Millonario” has not lost for seven dates and in that streak he strengthened himself with his unappealable victory in the Superclásico against Boca Juniors (2-0)as a visitor.
The hierarchy of their team finally prevailed to hide setbacks due to frustration in the highest objective of the season (the Libertadores), the elimination in the Argentine Cup and the bad start in the League Cupin which they suffered two defeats in the first three days.
For the third consecutive game, Demichelis will not have the Uruguayan Nicolas De la Cruzwho returned from his country’s national team with physical discomfort and will only be able to reappear in the next game against Huracán.
Thus, River He will repeat the formation that began in the good victory against “Rojo” from Avellaneda with a double from the Colombian Miguel Borja and the same from Pablo Solari.
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Gym He arrives undefeated in five games and has a strong emotional boost due to the latest results that rescued him from the critical zone of relegation in the accumulated table.
The “Lobo” came to occupy the condemning position but his recent victories against Argentinos Juniors (3-2) and Barracas Central (2-1) separated him five units from Colón de Santa Fe, with five other rivals in between.
If he manages to win again this Sunday, Gym will be very close to salvation, with the addition of placing themselves with expectations in the fight for qualification to the quarterfinals of the LPF Cup.
Those led by Leonardo Madelón have 14 points in ninth place and are only one away from Instituto de Córdoba, currently standing in fourth position.
River It holds overwhelming supremacy in the first division league history of the professional era with 87 wins, 41 draws and 33 losses in 161 matches.
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Probable Gimnasia and River formations
Gymnastics (La Plata): Tomás Durso; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Yonathan Cabral, Germán Guiffrey and Nicolás Colazo; Pablo De Blasis and Rodrigo Saravia; Matías Abaldo, Cristian Tarragona and Eric Ramírez. DT: Leonardo Madelón.
River Plate: Franco Armani Santiago Simón, Leandro González Pírez, Paulo Díaz and Milton Casco; Rodrigo Aliendro and Enzo Pérez; Ignacio Fernández, Esequiel Barco and Manuel Lanzini; Miguel Borja. DT: Martín Demichelis.
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina.
VAR: Pablo Dóvalo.
Stadium: Gymnastics (La Plata).
Start time: 17:30.
TV: ESPN Premium.
Source: Ambito
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