Formation of the University of Chile vs. River, in friendly international: starting eleven, called up and substitutions

University of Chile will take advantage of the 2023 National Championship hiatus to play an important international friendly. The team led by Mauricio Pellegrino will meet this Saturday River, in the Padre Martearena stadium in Salta, aiming not to lose the pace of the competition before the restartone of the tournament in which they will measure their strength against Audax Italiano who tries to return to the hugs after three draws in a row.

For the deployment, the former coach of Vélez will have to endure the absence of Darío Osorio since he received the call from Eduardo Berizzo for the cross between La Roja and Paraguay. He will also not be able to count on José Castro, because he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and external meniscus in Superclásico 193 against Colo Colo.

They will be joined by Emmanuel Ojeda, who did not play in the last game against Deportes Copiapó due to a sprained knee, and Cristóbal Campos. The goalkeeper had to leave the field at the end of the first half against León de Atacama due to pain in his back, for which he had to be replaced by Cristopher Toselli in what marked his debut in the blue goal.

How does the U get into the game with River?

The student team ends up with a blank draw against the bottom team of Elías Figueroa. The above after star in one faded tie for the cacique, allowing Gustavo Quinteros’ men to extend his supremacy in the Monumental, and after letting the win slip against Uniat La Calera in Santa Laura. Despite this, it remained in fourth place in the domestic competition thanks to 15 units, three less than leaders Huachipato and Universidad Católica.

The history between both teams

The statistics mark a total of 16 games played between both sides with a favorable balance for the Millionaire of nine wins (three friendlies and six official) against three. The secular celebrations were recorded in 1964 (3-1, Nacional), 1965 (2-0, Nacional), and 1996 (0-2, Mendoza), all friendly in nature. To find the most recent duel, you need to go back to the year 2018. On that occasion the current leaders of the Professional League they triumphed 3-0Through a bit of Nicholas de La Cruz and a double of Raphael Santos Borre Through Southern cone cup.

Remarkable the government of Salta prevented the presence of student fans for the duel against that of Martín Demichelis, DAnd according to a letter from Federico Abud, Secretary of State of the Sports Secretariat of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports addressed to Proenter Argentina, organizer of the game.

Christopher Toselli; Yonathan Andia, Matias Zaldivia, Luis Casanova, Marcelo Morales; Nery Dominguez, Federico Mateos, Israel Poblete, Renato Huerta; Nicolas Guerra and Leandro Fernandez. DT: Mauricio Pellegrino.

River XI

To confirm.