The match against the “Sabaleros” will also mark the farewell to Leonardo Ponzio as a professional footballer. For the 39-year-old captain of River, it could be more than special since, if he wins the trophy in Santiago del Estero, he will reach his 17th. title as a club player and will surpass Ángel Labruna as the maximum champion.
When do River vs Colón play for the Champions Trophy
The “Millionaire” squad, which will define the Trophy with Colón Saturday at 9:10 p.m. at the Madre de Cities stadium in Santiago, the intensity decreased in the last three matches of the Professional Football League (LPF), with the championship already assured (two draws against Rosario Central and Atlético Tucumán and one defeat against Defense and Justice), and continues as in the entire semester with several injured.
For what he has been training, the probable eleven for Gallardo will be with Franco Armani; Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz, David Martínez, Milton Casco; Bruno Zuculini; Santiago Simón, Enzo Fernández, Agustín Palavecino; Benjamin Rollheiser and Julián Álvarez.
Nicolás De La Cruz, Fabrizio Angileri, Braian Romero and Enzo Pérez worked differently during this week.
Angileri will only return in 2022 as a result of the muscular problems that marginalized him from several games and that made Casco occupy the left back; and Rojas, for his part, will consolidate himself in the law.
For his part, the Uruguayan De la Cruz continues to recover from a venous thrombosis that took him away from the team the last part of the year (he played a few minutes against San Lorenzo, on Date 16, October 17, as the last official participation) and still he failed to train alongside his teammates.
Meanwhile, Enzo Pérez suffered a dislocation in his left elbow in the match against Platense (on November 21, for Date 21) and also works on his own in the gym.
Romero, with a sprained right knee, does not reach the final against Colón in the best shape, so Rolheiser (recovered from a tear) would make an offensive pair with Julián Álvarez, scorer of the LPF tournament with 18 goals.
Federico Girotti and Jorge Carrascal did not stand out in the last game against the Dean of Tucumán to fight for a position up. Meanwhile, Matías Suárez -in rehabilitation after the intervention that they did in October on his right knee- is another who will reappear only in the next semester.
How to watch River vs Colón for the Champions Trophy
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For its part, the staff of Colon de Santa Fe arrived this Thursday on a charter flight to Santiago del Estero, for the final of the Champions Trophy that will play on Saturday before River, with the expectation of closing the best year in its history with a new title after winning the Professional League Cup (LPF) in June.
The team led by Eduardo Domínguez settled in Termas de Río Hondo after being fired by a group of fans who flooded the route that connects the club’s grounds, on the side of the Brigadier López highway, with the airport with the colors red and black. Sauce Viejo metropolitan area.
The “sabalero” coach has all the players on the squad at his disposal, after confirming that the coronavirus detection tests yielded negative results this Thursday morning.
There were some hours of uncertainty due to the positive of a provincial legislator who was in practice on Tuesday to deliver an award from the Chamber of Deputies to the club for being the first in the city to obtain a First Division championship.
The only footballer who does not arrive in optimal condition is Gonzalo Piovi, with an overload in one of the hamstrings, but in any case he will be in a position to go out onto the playing field of the Mother of Cities stadium in the capital of Santiago.
As for the starting line-up, it will be confirmed shortly before the start of the game, but it is speculated that there are ten names defined and the only doubt is the inclusion of forward Lucas Beltrán or midfielder Cristian Ferreira, whose passes belong to Saturday’s rival .
Coach Domínguez gave no indication in the football practices of the short work week, so there is room for surprises, such as in the final against Racing Club, when he included Ferreira, who had been without continuity due to a series of injuries.
Leonardo Burián will be the goalkeeper and the defensive line will be completed with Facundo Garcés, Paolo Goltz and Rafael Delgado, while Eric Meza on the right and Piovi on the left will act as markers when the rival attacks and midfielders when Colón has the ball.
Then, the bastion of balance will be the immovable trio formed in the middle of the pitch by Federico Lértora, Rodrigo Aliendro and Christian Bernardi, while it will be the attacking ram Facundo Farías, on whom hopes of imbalance are placed.
If Domínguez favors Beltrán as a companion to “La jeya”, the team will have greater weight in the area in front, while Ferreira would contribute volume of the game.
A valid alternative could also be the entry of Alexis Castro, which would make up the midfield with Lértora and Aliendro, and would give Bernardi freedom to play close to Farías.
The delegation from Colón, who traveled accompanied by relatives of the players, stayed at the Termas Uno Hotel, where they will stay until a couple of hours before the match, since on Friday the team will work on a golf course on the property that is used on the Argentine date of the Moto GP World Championship.
Colón won his right to contest the Champions Trophy by obtaining the Professional League Cup on June 4, when he defeated Racing Club in the final (3-0), while River joined him by staying with the competition of the LPF that ended last weekend.
River vs Colón formations for the Champions Trophy
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