Juanfer Quintero suffered from his injury and will not be available against Colo-Colo

Bad news for Marcelo Gallardo: when he was heating up to return to court, Juanfer Quintero felt discomfort with the scar from his left hamstring tear and he could not fight back against Colo-Colo.

The Colombian was injured on April 19, at the start of the match against Talleres, and was discharged on Sunday. The Colombian midfielder respected the processes without rushing into his return, but when Gallardo was ready to reconsider him, he did not finish training.

Juanfer will undergo the study today at the Rossi Buenos Aires clinic to have a diagnosis of the injury. He will be joined by midfielder Cristian Ferreira, who also felt muscle discomfort.

Marcelo Gallardo has not yet provided the list of summoned and it seems he can no longer expect the presence of the midfielder of the Colombian team.

While waiting for what will happen to Quintero, Gallardo remains unsure about the possible changes he will make to secure first place against the trans-Andean team.

Gallardo did not tell the squad who will replace Enzo Pérez who has been suspended and whether he will add any other tactical changes after the 2-1 defeat to Tigre in the League quarterfinals last week at Monumental.

The loss of the central midfielder could be resolved with the entry of Bruno Zuculini, a common replacement in that position, or with Enzo Fernández freeing up a place among other midfielders for Agustín Palavecino or Tomás Pochettino to play, opening up the possibility that Santiago Simón or Quintero entered.

Until that moment of his withdrawal, the Colombian was a solution for the second half with 10 appearances from the bench of substitutes, scoring 5 goals and with just three starting games.

The other position in question was that of Pochettino, who after three starting games could not be confirmed, and Simón presented himself as an alternative after being on the first team for most of the championship.

Also, until tomorrow at work before concentration there is no guarantee of the starting team that will only be confirmed on Thursday’s match a few hours before the start.

In this scenario, the team trained in the morning at the River Camp site with tactical technical work and tomorrow afternoon they will work at Monumental to stay tuned for the penultimate game of the semester.

Gallardo’s team closes the early part of the year next week, on May 25, against Alianza Lima at home, awaiting a draw for the final round of the Copa Libertadores on June 1 and the start of the local championship in the first end of week of the next month.

River has 10 points (3 wins and 1 draw) and could take up to 16 points to be classified as one of the best first in the group stage, which will leave it in the best position to determine the cross-references. at home.

The round of 16 will be played in the last week of June and the first week of July and in case they beat Colo-Colo on Thursday, River will guarantee first place in the group in the absence of a date.

Finally, Matías Suárez continues to work differently due to the correct soleus injury he sustained prior to the trip to Fortaleza on May 4, so he needs another week to recover.

Although the idea is that he will add a few minutes against Alianza when the 21 days of stoppage are over, they will not be in danger because the player has come from prolonged inactivity due to surgery on his right knee last year due to synovitis.

With information from Telam