Coach Marcelo Gallardo is preparing a resounding change in the team. River Plate to face Defensa y Justicia on date 19 of the Professional League, after the hard fall in Brazil for the Copa Libertadores.
River comes from facing the duel with Atlético Mineiro at the Arena MRV, where they suffered a resounding 3-0 defeat in the first match of the semifinals. Now, in the middle of the second game of the series, Gallardo has in mind to modify almost the entire starting eleven for the match in Florencio Varela.
The most anticipated news in the locker room is the possible return of Gonzalo Martínez, known as “Pity”, who is recovering from the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee suffered in January.
Although the offensive midfielder had already traveled for the cup match, he was left out of the squad and was not on the substitute bench. “With the same enthusiasm as the first day,” Martínez wrote on his social networks after the summons.
After completing a new series of training sessions, Martínez has great possibilities of adding minutes with the Sacred Mantle. On the other hand, Marcos Acuña could not play against Atlético Mineiro after suffering from his tendonitis injury to his left hamstring.
The coach has decided to protect him to have action in the second game of the series, although he will have to recover in shape to be able to add minutes. In training on Thursday afternoon, Acuña did light work in the gym and went through kinesiology.
Changes
His presence in the Monumental is not ruled out and depends on the daily evolution of his recovery. Gallardo is considering a complete change of names and putting a starting eleven completely different from the one River who took to the field in Brazil.
Although, it is not ruled out that some starting footballers could appear at the Norberto “Tito” Tomaghello stadium and add minutes in search of returning to their best level and recovering the best football aspect of the team.
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