Flat Riverof walking flawlessly in the Professional Football League (LPF), he will receive today Sporting Cristal from Perulooking for his first victory in the current edition of Libertadores Cup.
The match, valid for the second round of group D, will be played from 9.00 pm at the Monumental stadium, with arbitration by the Colombian Jhon Ospina and television by Telefe, Fox Sports and the Star+ platform.
The “millionaire” will make his local debut after the setback in Bolivia, in the first round against The Strongest (3-1) in La Paz.
After that defeat, Martín Demichelis’ team added three straight victories in the local tournament, which they lead with 30 points, six more than San Lorenzo.
River have won eight of their last nine matches played in all competitions and conceded just those three goals to go into the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Sporting Cristal entered the group stage after eliminating Huracán in the last qualifying phase, but suffered a bad setback against Fluminense 3-1 at the National Stadium in Lima in the presentation.
This will be the seventh match between River and Sporting Cristal in Conmebol tournaments and in the previous ones the Argentine team has won five and lost just one.
– Probable formations –
Flat River: Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Leandro González Pirez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz; Ignacio Fernández, Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Aliendro and Esequiel Barco; Salomón Rondón or José Paradela and Lucas Beltrán. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Sporty crystal: Renato Solis; Jhilmar Lora, Gianfranco Chávez, Ignacio Loyola and Nilson Loyola; Jesús Pretell, Jesús Castillo and Jostin Alarcón; Washington Corozo or Leandro Sosa, Brenner and Joao Grimaldo. DT: Tiago Nunes.
Referee: John Ospina (Colombia)
LAUNCH: Juan Lara (Chile)
Basketball court: River Plate.
Start time: twentyone.
TV: Telefe, Fox Sports and Star+.
Source: Clarin
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