Headache for Demichelis before the “final” that River will play against Instituto: Borja does not go to Córdoba

Facing a transcendental duel, in which River qualification for the quarter-finals League Cup, Martin Demichelis You will lose a very important player for the team. Miguel Borja he will not be in Córdoba and will be excluded from the match against which Núñez’s team will play Institute this Monday from 8pm.

The Colombian finished Thursday night’s match against Nacional de Montevideo with an average of muscle fatiguebut as the days went by it didn’t pass, so I couldn’t train well and from the medical staff on campus they assessed that the conditions had worsened a little.

That’s why they indicated it in the report Borja has a strain on his right hamstringwhich is why he was not included in the list of players who went on the trip The Docta. “It cannot be ruled out that studies will be carried out, even if the injury does not appear serious,” commented a source from the technical staff. Clarion.

In this way, in a moment of definition, Demichelis loses a fundamental piece. To his team’s scorer. That in 2024 he is intractable and with a devastating goal average: In 16 games played he scored 13 goals, i.e. 0.81%. At the same time, He is the top scorer of the League Cup, with 12 points, one more Adrián “Maravilla” Martínezfrom Corse.

It’s not the first time Borja has been injured this semester. In the match against Atlético Tucumán, on 14 February, he had suffered a micro-injury to his left adductor, from which he recovered very quickly, as 11 days later he went on the bench in the Superclásico and came on in the second half. And after his rehabilitation he returned to contribute his firepower to River Plate’s attack.

Although Borja did not score against Nacional on Thursday, he had just given River a victory against Rosario Central, scoring two goals for Núñez’s team to turn the game around. That victory, after all, was the key to the Millionaire he could arrive calmly at the last match of the League Cup. By simply adding a point in Alta Córdoba, you can enter the playoffs.

What Demichelis regrets most in this case is not being able to repeat the training.n, something he had in mind after his team’s good performance on Thursday at the Monumental in the victory over Nacional. Therefore, Micho will continue without reiterating the eleven players from one game to the next, something he has not done so far in 2024.

Borja’s replacement, as this newspaper learned, would be Facundo Colidio. The former Tigre has just sealed the victory against Nacional, scoring the second goal, with a header, at the end of the match. He will then partner again with Pablo Solari, as happened in the final of the Champions Trophy in which River beat Rosario Central 2-0 in Santiago del Estero, on 22 December last year.

It is a good opportunity to see if Borja will be able to have a replacement in the squad, given that it is one of the issues that worry River’s technical staff for the future, which does not rule out bringing another “9” in the next transfer market. .