River makes its debut in the Argentine Cup: new challenge by Demichelis against one of the hallmarks of Gallardo

A distinctive range of cycle Marcellus Gallardo In River it was the firmness that his team had to play face-to-face encounters, of elimination. Out of 82 crosses, he won 63 and lost 19, which gives a score of 77% effectiveness. And one of the challenges that the new era of Martin Demichelis Will try to support that force in this type of cross. He has already played one (against Banfield for the 2020 Champions Trophy semi-final) and won it. This Wednesday he will make his debut in the Argentina Cup, against Cordoba racein the Mother of Cities of Santiago del Estero.

In that stadium (which will appear full as tickets are sold out), River are also on a favorable streak. Since its inauguration in 2021, it has played five games at the Santiago stadium and won them all. Also, all of their victories have been by big difference. The first was, precisely, at the inauguration of the Madre de Ciudades, in the match that defeated Racing 5-0 for the Argentine Super Cup, on March 4 of that year.

The second time River visited Madre de Ciudades was a month after the victory against Racing and with a new 5-0. On this occasion, against Central Córdoba, for the 10th date of Group A of the LPF Cup 2021. And on September 25th they will win again against Central Córdoba but this time 3-1, on the 13th of the 2021 Professional League, a tournament that Gallardo’s team ended up winning at the end of the year.

And at the end of 2021 he beat Colón 4-0, in the Champions Trophy final, which was the last consecration of the Gallardo era. The last visit dates back to just over a month ago, with Demichelis already in charge of the team, and with another victory, against Central Córdoba, 2-0, with goals from Nacho Fernández and Pablo Solari.

With all this positive background, River will try to maintain their good run against Racing de Córdoba this Wednesday, rivals they haven’t faced since 8 April 1990, for the eighth date of the 89/90 championship, with a 1-0 victory at the Monumental.

Faced with that game, Demichelis could make some changes to balance the loads, bearing in mind that there are players who have accumulated many minutes since the beginning of the year. One that would come up would be Milton helmetwho came out with a problem against Lanús on Saturday and was a starter in all the games of the semester (accumulates 575 minutes out of a possible 630′).

Its place could be taken by Paul Diazwho just replaced him against Garnet, which would force a change of position: if that variant were confirmed, Enzo Diaz He will be the left full-back, given that he filled in brilliantly on Saturday after Casco’s farewell.

Meanwhile, Demichelis decides what to do with a Enzo Perez who rested 23 minutes on Saturday, and comes from a long series of several games played in a row. If Mendoza’s man doesn’t play, he could enter Rodrigo Aliendro. Meanwhile, it cannot be ruled out that Santiago Simon, author of a brace in the tie-break of the Champions Trophy against Banfield, are also starting. If that happens, De La Cruz or Nacho Fernández would leave.

And in the attack, the unknown is knowing if it continues Solomon Rondon (from a lost game with Lanús), if he gets the chance Luca Beltran (he scored the second winning goal in La Fortaleza) or if he returns Miguel Borgia (He scored twice in the substitutes’ Sunday football practice against the Reserves.)

For its part, Racing de Córdoba, recently promoted to the First National team, has made an irregular start to the second-rate tournament of Argentine football. Out of four games they won two and lost two. In the last fixture, they beat Deportivo Madryn 3-1 at home.

“Racing deserves to play this game with River for the Argentine Cup. It’s a game we won, nobody gave us anything. We have qualified for this competition and we will face a big rival and play a decent match. It’s something that as managers we express to the coaching staff and the players. There is a 50% chance of beating River”, affirmed – in La Voz de Córdoba – its president, Manuel Pérez, with great confidence. In Nueva Italia (the Racing Cordoba district) there is a lot of confidence to try and hit Santiago del Estero.