Julián Álvarez will once again be starting at River. (Photo: Juan Mabromata / AFP)
River will try this Saturday for their first victory in the Professional Football League when they host Atlético Tucumán at the Monumental in a match corresponding to the second date of the competition. The game will start at 20:30, will be directed by Fernando Espinoza and broadcast by TNT Sports.
The team led by Marcelo Gallardo debuted with a goalless draw against Defense and Justice in Florencio Varela in a duel in which they suffered many losses in formation for several reasons. This time the manager will have the return of goalkeeper Franco Armani and striker Julián Álvarez, who traveled to Europe to represent the Argentine team and will replace Ezequiel Centurión and Braian Romero.
Atlético Tucumán started the game with a 1-1 draw against Colón at José Fierro and need to add to escape the relegation zone (they occupy 25th place in the middleweight rankings, only above Sarmiento, Godoy Cruz and Patronato) .
The story is favorable to River, who won 5 of the 10 games played by both teams, while the Tucumanos only won 1 and the other 4 ended in a draw.
Probable formations
River: Franco Armani; Emanuel Mammana or Andrés Herrera, Jonatan Maidana, Leandro González Pirez, Elías Gómez; Enzo Perez; Santiago Simón, Enzo Fernández, Agustín Palavecino or Tomás Pochettino, Esequiel Barco; Julian Alvarez. Trainer: Marcel Gallardo.
Atletico Tucumán: Carlos Lampe; Ciro Rius, Bruno Bianchi, Manuel Capasso or Nicolás Thaller, Gabriel Risso Patrón; Ramiro Carrera, Guillermo Acosta, Leonardo Heredia, Joaquín Pereyra; Cristian Menendez, Augusto Lotti. Trainer: Luca Pusineri.
Referee: Fernando Spinozza.
Stage: Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
Start time: 20:30
Transmission: TNT Sport.
Source: Clarin
