River He will face Independiente at the Antonio Vespucio Liberti Monumental Stadium for the fourth date of the Opening 2025 tournament. This classic always generates great expectation among the fans of both teams and will be an opportunity for River Plate to demonstrate their capacity and recover after Goals against San Lorenzo on the previous date.
The match will begin at 8:15 p.m. (local time) and will be arbitrated by Leandro Rey Hilfer. Riverdirected by Marcelo Gallardo, comes to this encounter with the intention of adding three points and improving its position in the standings of zone B.
Currently, the team is in the sixth position with five points, product of a victory and two draws. On the other hand, independent, under the technical direction of Julio Vaccari, he has had a perfect start in the tournament, winning the three games he has played and leading zone B with nine points.
The last confrontation between both teams was on September 1, 2024, in a match corresponding to date 13 of the Professional League, which ended in a goalless draw at the Libertadores stadium of America Ricardo Enrique Bochini.
However, the last time they faced the Monumental was on October 25, 2023, when River Plate beat Independiente by 3 to 0 with two goals from Miguel Borja and one from Pablo Solari. Marcelo Gallardo has decided to include Rodrigo Aliendro in the initial eleven, returning to scheme 4-4-2 for this important game.
The titular team of River Plate will include Franco Armani in El Arco, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella, Marcos Acuña in the defense, Enzo Pérez, Giuliano Galoppo, Manuel Lanzini and Santiago Simón or Matías Rojas in the midfield, and Sebastián Driussi and Miguel Borja in The lead.
Red formation
On the other hand, Independiente will present an alignment with Rodrigo Rey in El Arco, Federico Vera, Kevin Lomónaco, Sebastián Valdéz, Adrián Spörle in the defense, Felipe Loyola, Iván Marcone in the midfield, Lautaro Millán, Luciano Cabral, Diego Tarzia and Gabriel Ávalos In the lead.
The red team comes from a 2 to 0 victory against Gymnastics of La Plata on the last date, with goals from Gabriel Ávalos and Álvaro Angulo. This match will be an opportunity for both teams to demonstrate their quality and fight for the necessary points to advance the tournament and especially River.
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