After a few performances where River’s face changed, it looks like this Wednesday’s visit to Talleres de Córdoba will be Juan’s moment. Fernando Quintero from the beginning. However, hours before the trip, a muscular discomfort dropped him off the plane and added another concern for coach Marcelo Gallardo.

It was DT’s plan to rotate the squad in the middle of a series of matches between the Professional League Cup and the Libertadores. The talented left-hander, then, is a fixture to start at Mario Alberto Kempes ’stadium.

Ang left leg hamstring discomfort the last training session in Buenos Aires raises concerns, as it will force further study in the coming hours: if it is a tearwill disappear in between six and seven games and will return only for the final Playoffs of the local tournament or directly for the last two Libertadores duels, against colo colo (5/19) at Alliance of Five (5/25).

It wasn’t just any loss for Gallardo, who was in the post-victory conference against Banfield, where the Colombian assisted Matías Suárez in a great way, for 2-1. “Juanfer is our franchise player”adopted by Manika last Sunday.

In that franchise player more is needed. And Gallardo himself explains: “I will always want more continuity from Quintero in his game. The role he has on the team he fully understands. I ask more of him, so he does what he does, but with more continuity. If he shows me that he does it with more persistence, he puts himself “.

In this way, Quintero joined the list of casualties that included Essekiel Ship (tears), Javier Pinola (distension), Robert Rojas (fracture of tibia and fibula), Flabian London (clavicle fracture) at Philip Pena (torn ligaments, final stage of recovery).

Where will River fans go?

It is not uncommon in these times of Argentine soccer to see a stadium with two fans. Although it happens in the Argentine Cup, or in the Super Cup or Champions Trophy finals, the regularity of each date of local tournaments shows situations with only one color on the stands, the locals. However, in Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba, not only will there be Talleres t-shirts. Also from the River. So, Marcelo Gallardo’s team will have huge support and an incentive favor: in the last five games with his fans as guests, unbeaten. Won 4 games and tied 1.

As is happening now, there is a history of this last time where permits were given for the River public to land on the visiting stands. In general, domestically, although there is also a record in Greater Buenos Aires.

The final match for a local tournament in which River made the public visit was the January 25, 2020 in the Malvinas Argentinas de Mendoza, against Godoy Cruz. That night, about 12,000 River fans witnessed the “Millionaire” win 1-0, with a header by Matías Suárez. This meeting is for date 17 of the 2019/20 Super League.

And past times up to that last antecedent they are in 2019. In November of that year, against Aldosivi at Minella in Mar del Plata (River won 2-1 on goals from De La Cruz and Borré); in March against Talleres in Córdoba, with a 2-0 victory (two goals from Nacho Fernández; in February against Banfield in Florencio Sola, in a match that ended 1-1-with a goal from Lucas Pratto- , the famous night on that lost power in the middle of the match, and in January, River defeated Godoy Cruz 4-0 (two by Pratto, Borré and Suárez) in Mendoza and their fans went to the stands of the Malvinas Argentinas.

Marcelo Gallardo’s team will be joined in Córdoba by 10,500 fans who quickly sold out tickets when they went on sale last week. The President of the Workshops, Andres Fassimade the request and the Córdoba Sports Council and the Professional League gave permission.

“Now, because of the amount of partner Talleres has, only the South grandstand is left to offer to the visitor. We will do everything possible in front of the authorities to get River to the public. There is approximately the capacity for to 10,500 people in that sector “said Fassi before making a formal request.

So, the South stand of Kempes, called “Artime” will be occupied by River fans, who paid 3,500 pesos for a ticket for seniors and 2,000 pesos, the minors. So this time, they don’t need to dress as neutrals to see his team in a different field, as has happened on other occasions since the visitor ban was implemented since 2013.

This way, the plot will be very different from the last time Talleres and River met in Kempes, in October last year since that time there were no visitors because capacity was reduced to 50 per cent due to restrictions due in the coronavirus pandemic.

The context in football will also be different. Cordovan’s team, led by Uruguayan Alexander Medina, on that occasion, fought for the championship against River from behind and the preview of that match was sold out as final. Finally, despite playing one man less than most of the match due to the early dismissal of Felipe Peña, Gallardo’s team won 2-0 on goals from Robert Rojas and Braian Romero and headed for the title. of the League a month later. got.

The present is looking for River again in good conditionbecause he was second in his zone, behind Karera and will find a victory that will leave him close to qualifying for the Professional League Cup Playoffs, while Talleres is late in zone A and he barely won a game out of the ten he played.