Flat River The post-Marcelo Gallardo era officially begins, led by another son of the house like Martín Demichelis, when he visits Central today Córdoba of Santiago del Esteroin one of the most relevant matches of the first round of the Professional Football League (LPF).
The match will be played from 21:30 at the Único Madre de Ciudades stadium, which will be packed and attended by 8,000 “neutrals”, a euphemism for River fans. Facundo Tello will be the referee, Darío Herrera will be in charge of VAR and the broadcast will be from TNT Sports.
The time comes for Demichelis’ official debut, the friendlies are played against La Calera from Chile (0-0) in San Luis, Monterrey from Mexico (1-0), Millonarios from Colombia (2-0) and Vasco da Gama from Brazil (3-0), in the USA, and Racing from Uruguay (3-1), at River Camp.
Demichelis, 42 years old, arrives with his imprint and directing the most important team in terms of quality and quantity of the LPF. He presents himself as a demanding coach who does not give up leading his team, with firmness and discipline, leaving aside the clear starting from the bottom as a trademark.
Matías Kranevitter has been added to the “millionaire” squad (he suffered a serious injury against La Calera and hasn’t recovered yet), the return from Brazil of Nacho Fernández, Enzo Díaz de Talleres and the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón is expected next week. which comes from the English Everton.
In Central Córdoba there will also be a debut on the substitutes’ bench and it will be that of coach Leonardo Madelón, who replaced Abel Balbo, now coach of Estudiantes de La Plata.
The “Ferrovia” has a very clear objective and that is to add points to inflate the average in the classification that will define the descents. He starts the season with 1,164 and surpasses Sarmiento, Platense and Arsenal and depends on what happens with the promoted Cordoba, Belgrano and Instituto.
In history they have played four times and River has won them all: two in Nuñez and two in Santiago.
Probable formations
Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero): Marco Ledesma; Julián Navas, Fabio Pereyra, Gustavo Canto and Marcelo Benítez; Ciro Rius, Jesús Soraire, Enzo Kalinski and Leandro Ciccolini; Lucas Gamba and Facundo Castelli. DT: Leonardo Madelon.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Robert Rojas, Emanuel Mammana, Jonathan Maidana and Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Aliendro, Nacho Fernández and José Paradela; Pablo Solari and Miguel Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Referee: Facundo Tello
Stadium: only mother of cities
Hours: 21:30
TV: TNT Sports.
Source: Clarin
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