River Platewith an excellent start to the year in the League Cup, they will be measured this Wednesday Hikersof Primera B, in a match valid for the round of 32 of the Argentine Cup will be played in Santa Fe. The preliminary match will take place at 9.45pm in the Brigadier General Estanislao López stadium, in Colón, refereed by Hernán Mastrángelo and broadcast on television by TyC Sports.
The “Millonario” team, three times champion of the Argentine Cup, in the editions played in 2016, 2017 and 2019, is a great favorite to advance to the group and then face the winner of the series which will see Sarmiento de Junín and Temperley regulation, in date to be confirmed.
River started the new year with good results and excellent performances, so in the League Cup they drew with Argentinos Juniors (1-1) in their lowest production, then beat Barracas Central (2-0) and finally beat Vélez (5-0). ) in his best production.
However, coach Martín Demichelis plans to start his journey in the Argentine Cup with a rotation of the starting line-up, with the novelty that there will be two debutants: the Uruguayan full-back Agustín Sant’Anna and the Córdoba midfielder Rodrigo Villagra.
Sant’Anna, born in Montevideo 26 years ago, was purchased by Defensa y Justicia for a sum close to 3,000,000 dollars and signed – like Villagra – for four seasons until December 2027.
Villagra, born in Morteros 22 years ago, arrived at River from Talleres de Córdoba for a fee of 8 million dollars plus 25% of the proceeds from Federico Girotti who belonged to Núñez’s team and now comes from the “T”.
Furthermore, the coach will recover the Uruguayan defender Sebastián Boselli, who returned after participating with the Italian team in the Venezuelan Olympic qualifiers, in which he was eliminated in the group stage.
Other players who will have the opportunity to show off in the River shirt will be Agustín Palavecino, David Martínez, Ramiro Funes Mori, as well as the youngsters Agustín Ruberto and Franco Mastantuono.
Those who will not be available to Demichelis will be Matías Kranevitter and Manuel Lanzini, both injured.
Regarding these two players, the intention of the technical staff is that they train with greater intensity in order to be available for the fifth round of the League Cup, i.e. for the match that River will play against Atlético Tucumán on Monday February. 19.
Other River injuries include Santiago Simón (hand fracture) and Gonzalo “Pity” Martínez (torn ligament), but their recovery will take much longer, while Pablo Solari and Claudio Echeverri will join next week, after finishing their participation of Argentina to the Under. 23 Pre-Olympic Games being played in Venezuela.
Their rival, Excursionistas, led by a past promotion player like Juan Carlos Kopriva, debuted last Friday evening with the Primera B with a home defeat in Bajo Belgrano against Comunicaciones (2-1).
However, the intention of the “Greens” coach is not to make many changes because he prefers to consolidate a base, despite having to face one of the most powerful opponents in Argentine football.
The match will depend – almost exclusively – on River, who should impose their maximum hierarchy without surprises, regardless of the surprises that the Argentina Cup offers year after year.
– Probable Lineups –
River Plate:FrancoArmani Agustín Sant’Anna, Sebastián Boselli or Paulo Díaz, Ramiro Funes Mori and David Martínez; Agustín Palavecino, Rodrigo Villagra, Ignacio “Nacho” Fernández and Franco Mastantuono; Agustín Ruberto and Facundo Colidio or Miguel Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Hikers: Nahuel Cajal; Rodrigo Figueroa, Juan Manuel Piedra, Ulises Yegros and Santiago Monzón; Gian Zoratti, César Peralta, Hugo Zarco and Joel Martínez; Juan Cruz Villagra and Leonel Barrios. DT: Juan Carlos Kopriva.
Referee: Hernan Mastrangelo.
Basketball court: Columbus of Santa Fe.
Start time: 9.45pm.
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Clarin
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