Riverone of the leaders of zone A of League Cupreceive this Sunday banfield at the Más Monumental stadium and, in front of his people, he will try to win again on the date before the Superclásico, after the 0-0 in Tucumán with two missed penalties and the controversy between Esequiel Barco and coach Martín Demichelis. The game starts in Núñez from 7.15pm, with refereeing by Sebastián Zunino and television by TNT Sports.
Demichelis will not be able to count on Miguel Borja due to a muscle injury, but has instead recovered Pablo Solari and Claudio Echeverri, returning from the Under 23 Pre-Olympic Tournament in which Argentina beat Brazil and qualified for the Paris 2024 Games.
One of the attractions that this match will have will, without a doubt, be the return of Marcelo Barovero to Monumental. Today’s Taladro goalkeeper will surely receive an ovation from the “millionaire” fans as he has entered the hearts of River Plate fans since that penalty saved against Gigliotti in the 2014 superclásico in what was the beginning of the era of great success by Marcelo Gallardo.
“Trapito” Barovero was part of the 2014 South American final, in which he protected River’s goal while Franco Armani was the goalkeeper of Atlético Nacional de Colombia, and then of the team that won, among other titles, the 2015 Libertadores .
River are leaders in zone A with 11 points, the same as Instituto, who are playing against Independiente (10), another of those at the top of the table. Banfield, on the other hand, comes from 0-0 against Barracas and is second from bottom with only a couple of points and no victories.
– Probable lineups –
River: Franco Armani, Andrés Herrera, González Pírez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz; Rodrigo Aliendro, Nicolás Fonseca, Ignacio Fernández y Barco or Mastantuono; Colidio and Solari or Agustin Ruberto. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Banfield: Marcelo Barovero; Ezequiel Bonifacio, Alejandro Maciel, Luciano Recalde and Emanuel Insúa; Gerónimo Rivera, Yvo Calleros, Martín Cañete and Jesús Soraire; Ignacio Rodríguez and Milton Giménez. DT: Giulio Falcioni.
Referee: Sebastian Zunino.
VAR: Fernando Echenique.
Time: 7.15pm
TV: TNT Sports.
Court: more monumental.
Source: Clarin
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