River suffered the most painful defeat of the year in the Professional League Cup, knocked out of the Monumental by Tigre, who won 2-1. While the club’s main target has always been the Copa Libertadores, it was given the chance to add a new local title and didn’t take advantage of it. Now he has to change the chip and everything points to the conclusion of the group stage of the international competition.
River’s fixture in the Copa de Libertadores 2022
Coming from a 1-1 draw in Brazil against Fortaleza, Marcelo Gallardo’s team is the big dominator of Group F by 10 points. In fact, it only needs one point to secure its place in the round of 16 and will searching Núñez against Colo Colo, his escort three away. If the millionaire repeats the victory won in Santiago, he will also secure first place in the area.
LIST OF CALLED
Marcelo Gallardo made a drastic decision after losing to Matador: he gave the squad a day off and added another, so the return to training will not be until Saturday, as the game against Cacique will not be until Thursday.
All the spotlight will be on Juanfer Quintero, who was forced to play in the pre-match for the local tournament, did not react as expected and couldn’t even make it to the substitute bench. For the rest, Matías Suárez will not be available for the coach.
River’s bona fide list for the 2022 Copa Libertadores
THE RIVER TRAINING
Aside from the weak performance against Tigre, the Doll knows it’s his gala elf or at least closest. For this reason, the only doubt may lie in the middle zone, as Tomás Pochettino did not play a good game and in that position has Santiago Simón, Agustín Palavecino, José Paradela and even the possible return of Juanfer.
The elf? Franco Armani; Andres Herrera, Paulo Diaz, David Martinez, Milton Casco; Enzo Perez, Enzo Fernandez; Tomas Pochettino, Nicolas De La Cruz, Esequiel Barco; Julian lvarez.
SUBSTITUTES
Petroli, Centurión, González Pirez, Pinola, Mammana, Gómez, Zuculini, Palavecino, Paradela, Ferreira, Simón and Romero.
Source: Goal
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