Marcelo Gallardo’s team moved and played hard in the transfer market and hired goalkeeper Ezequiel Centurión, defenders Emanuel Mammana, Leandro González Pirez, Elías Gómez and Marcelo Andrés Herrera, and midfielders Juan Fernando Quintero, Tomás Pochettino and Esequiel Boat.
The return of Colombian Quintero – last step in Chinese football – was the most outstanding hiring, especially for the emotional appeal of his goal in Madrid against Boca Juniors in the 2018 Copa Libertadores final.
In turn, in football terms, the commitment to Esequiel Barco stands out, who shone years ago in Independiente and came on loan from Atlanta United of the United States, to reinforce the offensive face before the departure of Julián Álvarez to Manchester City of England in the second semester.
In turn, River did not get off the transfer market because the transfer of Colombian Jorge Carrascal to CSKA Moscow (Russia) opened the possibility of bringing another footballer and the one targeted is Valentín Castellanos (New York City).
For its part, Unión de Santa Fe, which qualified for the Copa Sudamericana at the end of last year, kept the vast majority of its players.
One of the debutants will be Jonathan Álvez, who came to replace Juan Manuel García -he went to Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario-, with a great career at Inter in Brazil, Barcelona in Ecuador, Liga de Quito and Atlético Nacional de Medellín. He also converted 136 goals in 309 games with an average of 0.43 per game.
The goal of the coach throughout the market was to keep most of the headlines, and he achieved it, with the exception of the attacker who emigrated to the nearby city of Santa Fe. The rest of the casualties were substitutes.
Possible formations:
Union: Sebastian Moyano; Federico Vera, Franco Calderón, Emanuel Brítez, Claudio Corvalán; Daniel Juarez, Juan Nardoni, Juan Portillo, Gaston Gonzalez; Mauro Luna Diale and Jonathan Álvez. DT: Gustavo Munua.
River: Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Paulo Díaz, Héctor Martínez, Elías Gómez; Enzo Perez, Enzo Fernandez; Santiago Simón, Tomás Pochettino, José Paradela or Esequiel Barco; and Julian Alvarez. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Referee: Nestor Pitana.
Stadium: Union of Santa Fe.
TV: 19.15.
Time: Fox Sports Premium.
Source: Ambito
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