River and Colón play in two points: they clash on the pitch and due to the tensions generated by the conflict over Lucas Beltrán

River will face Colón this Wednesday in Santa Fe amid tensions arising from the conflict Luca Beltranthe 21-year-old Córdoba striker who belongs to the Núñez institute but is on loan to the Santa Fe club and who Marcelo Gallardo wants back in his squad.

Beltrán has not been called up by Julio César Falcioni and the feeling is that he will no longer play for Colón. He had already been excluded from the classic against Unión. What’s more, they took off the “9” shirt, as Mauro Formica appeared on the paycheck with that number. This determination is linked to the player’s decision to return to the River immediately.

Beltrán has been on loan to Colón since the middle of last year and the loan expires on December 31st. Though, there is a repechage clause so River can have him back in their ranks on July 1st. The conflict arises because, with the calendars upset by the World Cup, the Professional League started at the beginning of June and the round of 16 is halfway between the end of one semester and the beginning of another.

It also starts with River’s need to urgently have more strikers. It is that in less than a month he will no longer have Julián Álvarez, Matías Suárez is still injured and only Braian Romero is on the bench.

as far as he could tell ClarioneB.Eltrán opposed the leaders of Colón and asked them to free him. However, he received a slap in the face. “Now that he’s not playing, he’s not getting along with Colón “attacked the president of Sabalero, José Vignatti.

Faced with this situation, Vignatti did nothing but double his bet and crash into River after the message that Jorge Brito sent him last weekend. “We hope that the president of Colón understands the importance he has for us, the spirit of the contract and the good relationship we have and we hope to continue to have with Colón,” said the owner of the Núñez club.

Gallardo also explored the topic. “He will be incorporated, we do not know if this week, next or when the contract will expire, since so far the parties have approached to see how it will work out. But sooner or later Beltrán will be with usYes”.

This is the feeling they have in River. Especially after learning that Beltrán had been lobbying. But times are pressing. Entries to the Copa Libertadores list for the round of 16 close on 25 June.

A Colón is assured that they will write it. And in River they want to do the same. And the Conmebol regulation provides that it can only be registered in the same application for competition, beyond the fact that in a section of its regulation the South American body also refers to a provisional registration which must then be resolved in its Disciplinary Commission.

In any case, from Udaondo and Figueroa Alcorta are convinced that they will not reach that situation. “Only one club has to register him. And for better or for worse, this problem is defined before June 25 “, he assured Clarione a prominent leader. And he added, with certainty: “Beltrán will play in River”.

Martinez and De La Cruz are back

Having suffered several casualties, River is gradually recovering players. Franco Armani and Julián Álvarez had already returned from their participation with the Argentine national team and now David Martínez and Nicolás De La Cruz have done so, after having been respectively with Paraguay and Uruguay.

Marcelo Gallardo saw them well both physically and from a footballing point of view and that is why he decided to bring them to Santa Fe. And before the game he will decide whether to play from the start or start on the bench. If they are starting, Leandro González Pirez and Agustín Palavecino will leave the team.