El Millonario will play his first friendly after Gallardo in San Luis and the first changes in the team will become visible.
Little by little, he Qatar World Cup 2022 It begins to remain as an unforgettable memory and the head returns to focus on the everyday football, that of the clubs. And less than a week after the national team’s initiation into the World Cup, the first reunion with Argentine football will take place: River will begin the post-Gallardo era with his first friendly match against Unión La Calera.
In what will be the debut of Martin Demichelis On the substitute bench, the Millionaire faces the only preseason game he played in San Luis before traveling to Miami to perform the second leg of pre-season and play three more games.
The game against the Chilean team will be played on Thursday, December 22 at La Pedrera stadium and will start at 9:15 PM (Argentine time).
LIST OF CALLED
In addition to the presence of a new DT, the Núñez team will have another new face at their first meeting of the year, although not by much: Matias Kranevitter rHe left the club after seven years and spent the entire pre-season alongside the group, so he will be available to take the field. The one who has not yet joined, as his return was confirmed on Thursday, is Nacho Fernández.
As for those who were already in the squad but will not be part of the competition, the most notable loss is that of world champion Franco Armani, who will have a few weeks off after his inauguration in Qatar. Nor will the other World Cup player in the group be available, Nicolás De la Cruz, who is still on holiday in Uruguay and will join in the coming days.
The other significant absentee is Juan Fernando Quintero, who is under contract until the end of the year but has not yet decided whether to continue with the club and was not part of the pre-season.
As for those who were training at San Luis, the only one who will not be available is Tomás Lecanda, who had returned to the club after his loan spell at Aldosivi and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee last week and will about six months off.
EDUCATION
After eight and a half years of the Gallardo cycle, where the names and schedule used to change but the style was always the same, it’s now time to see what impression Demichelis will want to make on his River.
For the time being, although he seemed to have practiced with a line of three defenders and three other attackers, Micho will use a scheme more familiar to players such as 4-1-3-2, in which the novelties include the presence of Matías Kranevitter as a central midfielder and Enzo Pérez up front, like a hitch. Finally, the defense will count on Maidana’s experience as the first central marker and Casco on the left.
Another name that draws attention is that of Franco Pétroli, who wants to see the DT in action, since Ezequiel Centurión was filming in the last part of the match. In any case, the idea is that the rest of the substitutes will play in the second half.
The eleven? Franco Petroli; Andrés Herrera, Jonatan Maidana, David Martinez, Milton Casco; Matias Kranevitter; Santiago Simon, Enzo Perez, Agustin Palavecino; Pablo Solari, Miguel Borja.
In addition, he will shape in the second half with Ezekiel centurion; Robert Rojas, Leandro González Pirez, Felipe Peña Biafore, Elias Gomez; Bruno Zuculini, Jose Paradela, Rodrigo Aliendro; Esequiel Barco, Matías Suárez, Lucas Beltrán.
REPLACEMENTS
Ezequiel Centurión, Robert Rojas, Leandro González Pirez, Felipe Peña Biafore, Elías Gómez, Bruno Zuculini, José Paradela, Rodrigo Aliendro, Esequiel Barco, Matías Suárez, Lucas Beltrán.
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