River prepare for their Argentina Cup debut and Demichelis analyzes the reappearance of Matías Suárez

The party that River will play first Cordoba race This Wednesday from 21:10 at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero will not only mark the debut of Martin Demichelis in the current edition of the Argentine Cup. It could also mean the reappearance of matías suarez. The Cordoba striker is ready to return.

Suárez started training normally, along with the rest of the squad last week. And on Sunday, in the morning training sessions at the Monumental after River’s victory over Lanús on Saturday, he played football. He played 30 minutes of a formal substitute test (they won 2-0 with a brace from the Colombian Miguel Borgia) before the Reserve.

Suárez played just 45 minutes after the arrival of Demichelis. He played in the second half of the friendly against La Calera Union from Chile, in San Luis on December 22, in the first meeting of ‘Micho’ as DT ‘millionaire’. After, his right knee played a trick on him again. And again during the preseason, a recovery process began.

The synovitis reappeared strongly, to such an extent that, at one point in the summer, the Cordovan striker’s future was uncertain. And although, despite the rumors that circulated, he never thought of retiring or leaving River, he was very concerned about the situation. However, he regained his courage and worked alongside campus kinesiologists and physical trainers to return.

that return is near. More: there is the possibility that he will be part of the delegation that will travel to Santiago del Estero to occupy a place on the bench against Cordoba race. And if it doesn’t happen on Wednesday, it will definitely be Sunday before Godoy Cruz for the seventh round of the Professional League.

Suárez’s problems with that damn right knee come from dragging. “The first problem Matías had in his right knee was an ossification of the patellar tendon, i.e. he had a backbone and it caused him a lot of inflammation and pain. He came from Belgium to Córdoba for surgery in 2012. And that surgery improved his situation and he didn’t have any more problems. But a year later he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in that knee as well,” he had told Clarín José María Luna, the Belgrano doctor that he operated on.

And he added: “I traveled during that time to participate in the operation at your request. He underwent conventional surgery on his cruciate ligaments, a common injury for high-performance soccer players. And in the two and a half years that he has been in Belgrano since his return, he hasn’t had any more knee problems. He was able to play quietly.”

At River, where he arrived at the beginning of 2019, he also continued to play quietly for two years. Until in April 2021 the problems with that right knee that had mistreated him and that returned took him back to the operating room the first days of October of that year.

Last year he came back and even if he failed to complete 90 minutes, every time he had to go into the second half, he was influential for the team, with outstanding goals, assists or performances. But, when it seemed like the knee problems were behind us earlier this year, the pains returned.

Suárez’s return won’t just happen this week. I might even go back Emmanuel Mammana. The defender has left behind the tear to his right hamstring suffered after the first round of the Lega Professionisti and is ready to return to the field. Sunday against the Reserve he played 45 minutes.