For this match, the coach Martin Demichelis can count on the return of Milton Helmet, who is already on par with his teammates after recovering from surgery on his right knee that was performed due to synovitis. Contrary cases are those of Santiago Simón, Matías Kranevitter and Manuel Lanzini, who have not yet been rehabilitated from their respective injuries.
The succession of matches with so few days of rest and preparation makes the coach make a rotation, but that will be known when he gives the list of concentrates after tomorrow’s practice.
This panorama enables the possibility that the Uruguayan defender Agustín Sant’Anna and the midfielder Rodrigo Villagraboth reinforcements who arrived last week, can be there from the start.
Rodrigo Villagra’s performance against Riestra
After the victory against Riestra, Demichelis referred to the player from Defensa y Justicia and stated: “He has just arrived at the club, we brought him because we considered that we needed him. He has the disadvantage that he started much later and Andrés (Herrera) started 2024 very well, he is showing it, he had been doing it in the friendlies and he did it in the tournament”.
In turn, regarding the footballer for whom River paid around 9 million dollars to Talleres de Córdoba, the coach stated: “Rodrigo trained individually with a physical trainer, which is not the same as doing it with the group. .
He experienced strong emotions because his incorporation became difficult and he is only now getting into our training rhythms. Today he entered with a defined game and you begin to see what he is, a boy with a lot of calm in the middle of the field, who is going to be aggressive and intense when it comes to recovering. “We are going to need him in the best way so that he can help us.”
In Tucumán, River will seek to continue leading its group and achieve victory number five – three in the local competition and one in the Argentine Cup – in a row. For that, he will have to add three again at the José Fierro stadium, a stage in which he has not won since 2019.
Source: Ambito
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