River had a day of good news: De La Cruz, Paulo Díaz are back and Borja would not be serious

Apart from the joy for the victory over Argentinos Juniors at the Monumental, River had some discomfort left over from another injury, that of Miguel Borja. However, amidst that concern, there was good news this Monday morning: Nicholas DeLa Cruz AND Paul Diaz they trained together with the group.

That De La Cruz and Díaz are ready to play again is of vital importance for River. Above all due to the presence of the Uruguayan, who can provide that portion of the game the team lacks in midfield.

In turn, the dark-haired midfielder also stands out for his ability to recover balls, so as to be able to fulfill the double task. He also has good recoil, something the trainer does Martin Demichelis He gives it great importance in his game plan.

From the cross He trained normally for the first time since Demichelis took over as technical director. After playing the World Cup in Qatar, the Uruguayan became a stem cell treatment on right knee to strengthen it, for which he trained differently during the preseason in Miami, without being able to add playing minutes.

And he did it this way to have an efficient recovery from his time in the OR. The set-up continued and was completed at the Ezeiza RiverCamp, until this Monday he is back training with the group. Now the technical staff will evaluate him physically and footballingly to see if they can count on him against the Tiger or if his return will take place the following week against Arsenal.

The return of Paul Diaz It is also taken as important news given that with his presence the Chilean can reinforce a delicate area of ​​the playing field, such as River’s central defender, who had had problems, left in the background against the Argentines, given the excellent work by Enzo Diaz.

The southpaw averaged right knee arthroscopy in December 2022, returning from a tour with the Chilean team with discomfort in that area. The defender began training alongside the group in the United States, but then returned to work separately and with kinesiologists as he felt pain and they had to lower the loads and intensity of the practices. His return is now imminent as he is healed.

As for Borja, meanwhile, apparently it’s not serious. The Colombian requested the substitution after converting the penalty that gave River the partial draw against Argentinos due to a nuisance in his right hamstring and the club’s medical staff reported that they had not ordered any studies for the moment.

“Miguel (Borja) started loading his hamstring and chose to walk away. Sounds barbaric to me, you need to know how to know your body and anticipate a much more complicated injury. He felt he was starting to charge and was sincere and honest with him, with the team and with the game situation. I hope it’s nothing serious”, Demichelis said in a press conference on Sunday after the match against the La Paternal team. And it looks like he will.

With De La Cruz and Díaz recovered and Borja not having anything serious, the injury landscape is improving in River. David Martínez and Agustín Palavecino have already returned against Argentinos (he had second-half minutes), while Emanuel Mammana’s return (injuring his left hamstring) is expected by the end of the month.

Matías Kranevitter, on the other hand, who broke his right fibula against Unión La Calera de Chile in San Luis, in the first friendly of the Demichelis cycle, will have to wait a little longer since he should be fit between the end of March and April.

For his part, matías suarez He’s still recovering from the chronic synovitis in his right knee and… Elias Lopez AND Thomas Lecanda of cruciate ligament ruptures. While Bruno Zuculiniwho suffered a partial rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee, will be operated on this Tuesday morning at the sanatorium of Trinidad de San Isidro.