El Millonario begins his journey in international competition no less than at the height of La Paz and for this reason he will make an earlier stopover during the journey.
The beginning of 2023 for River It couldn’t be better: absolute leader with a four-point lead in the Professional League Tournament, victories in the Argentine Cup and the Champions Trophy 2020, five games without conceding and an increasingly solid game thanks to Martin Demichelis. But now comes a litmus test: the beginning of the Libertadores Cup 2023.
Last Monday’s draw matched the millionaire in the Group D with The Strongest, Sporting Cristal and Fluminense. His debut is nothing less than in the complicated height of La Paz for the Tigerthis Tuesday from 7 p.m. in the Hernando Siles, for which he already has a plan that he will try to implement.
THE RIVER HAS BEEN CALLED
Apart from the short preparation time for the game after Friday’s victory against Unión, Demichelis did not touch what is already his method: to regenerate the day after the game and then a day off, in this case on Sunday.
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In view of the journey, which always requires special planning and with the support of the medical staff, The DT decided to train at the River Camp on Monday morning, travel a few hours later and spend the night in Santa Cruz de la Sierrato avoid the effects of altitude until the time of travel after lunch, the same Tuesday of the race.
The list of traveling players will be known after the test and, a priori, the only one in doubt Nicholas de La Cruzwho left with knee problems and was able to rest to complete recovery.
THE FORMATION OF THE RIVER
Although Martín Demichelis wants to lead the best possible team, he knows that height is a situation that must be respected and that is why he explained in the press conference after Tatengue that “everything has an influence when compiling a formation, you have to compensate for different principles. It is peculiar to play in La Paz not only for those who know how to recover at altitude. We will have to choose who is suitable. There are those who are bad”.
For this reason, during football practice on Monday, he will agree with the players themselves who are capable of playing at 3,600 meters, looking for the best prepared of physical and aerobic level, along with other factors such as mid-range punches.
ALTERNATIVE
To confirm.
Source: Goal