River arrived feeling good on his Copa Libertadores debut. The victory against Defense and Justice allowed him to leave the bad experience in the Superclásico and move on to the Professional League Cup. But that victory over Florencio Varela could mean more: is it the click Marcelo Gallardo is looking for to direct his team?

The River coach left according to Tito Tomaghello on Saturday, although within the coaching staff they consider that there are still things that need to be fixed. More importantly, in instances where the team doesn’t have the ball.

Pressure on rival pitchers is one of the issues that must be resolvedbecause when Defense and Justice had the freedom to play, it created between four and five clear scoring chances for the team from dolls and some of them accompanied Franco Armani.

This issue is something that should be checked for River because when faced with fast transition teams like Defense and Justice, they can struggle. And to the Libertadores — it’s well known — negligence can be costly.

In any case, Gallardo enjoyed the team’s work, recovering from a difficult start to the game against Florencio Varela and managing the game and controlling the actions. For this, the work of flyers is important. The midfield worked more oil and from there the dolls to believe that Saturday’s fight against Defense and Justice could be a starting point.

Not only did River beat a team that could put anyone in trouble, but they did it showing a great level of play. In related football, accuracy in passes, mobility and in arrivals from all sectors towards the opposing goal.

now, the challenge is to repeat that good walk with Florencio Varela, not only in the League Cup, but also with the Libertadores. Gallardo is not afraid of string games. Bagkos. He believes the continuation of the game will give the team more rhythm and it will bring adjustments that are still needed. In addition, he knew he had a wealthy and numerous group.

In the meantime, however, the rotation awaits. As long as he can sustain the starting team, Gallardo will play with them or maybe make a tweak or two. Looking forward to the match against Alianza Lima in Peru, this Wednesday at 9:00 pm, there is only one doubt: Is Esequiel Barco back or is Juanfer Quintero continuing? Or is Agustín Palavecino playing? It is also possible that the former Platense will appear in the starting team.

For his part, Barco, who wasn’t one hundred percent last week because he came from muscle strain in his left hamstring, happened against Boca. So, the technical director took care of him for the cupbearer’s debut. Now, it will be necessary to see if he will include him initially in Lima or if he will go to the substitute bench.

Meanwhile, if there were no inconveniences, the other ten would have played the same from the start against Defense and Justice. Namely: Armani, Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz, David Martínez, Milton Casco, Enzo Pérez, Enzo Fernández, Santiago Simón, Nicolás De La Cruz and Julián Álvarez.