River: Gallardo does not have Barco to receive Sarmiento and tries an unprecedented duo in attack

The famous “double nine” consisting of Luca Beltran Y Miguel Borgia It looks like he will have his first time since the beginning in River Plate. The Viking and the Hummingbird They could appear in the initial 11 that Marcelo Gallardo plans to receive Sarmiento de Junín this Sunday evening, in the Monumental Más.

The revolution that the Colombian striker has generated in the fans Riverwho fell in love with it even before appreciating its performance on the pitch, reached the height of ecstasy in the 27 minutes that the 29-year-old coffee killer played against Aldosivi in ​​Mardel.

Hummingbird devotion, Viking vein -who has scored three goals since his return from Colón- and their connection as natural as it is fluid at La Feliz are reasons that generate excitement in Mundo River, the possibility of seeing an attack composed of two powerful strikers with goals. This is the alternative that Gallardo has tried, even if it is known that the TD is able to stop the ball and not change a scheme that has given him results.

The DT has already checked that the characteristics of Borja complement those of Beltrán and that the qualities of the Viking are enhanced by the hierarchy of the Colombian. But the question is whether he believes that the match against Sarmiento at Monumental is the right one to unite them from the start. Or if it is better to keep a bullet in the bank to break through the rival in the second half, as happened with Aldosivi.

Borja’s physical condition is no small detail in this sense: although as Pablo Solari is progressing in the process of physical leveling with others, still does not seem to be for 90 minutes of very high intensitywith which it is necessary to carefully select whether it is better to throw it on the field with the rivals at best or to weigh their hierarchy when they are already exhausted, as happened in MDQ.

Now we have to take into account two aspects: 1) that to put the double B between 11, MG should modify the current 4-1-4-1 for a 4-1-3-2 or 4-2 -3 -1 , systems you have already used. 2) with Beltrán-Borja from the start, already without Braian Romero and with Matías Suárez recently recovered from a tear, the TD today would remain without a substitute on the bench for his reference area.

With a defined base of nine players (Armani, Casco, Martínez, Elías Gómez, Enzo Pérez – returning for Zuculini -, Simón, Aliendro, Palavecino and Beltrán), in the next few hours MG will have to choose which pieces will complete the eleven.

If you prefer to film a Paolo Diaz that before the hip synovitis came with a low level or if it rewards Mammana’s good performance. And yes after the loss of Esequiel Barco due to muscle fatigue Finally, Beltrán is accompanied by De la Cruz or Borja.

The probable river 11

Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Emanuel Mammana or Paulo Diaz, David Martínez, Elías Gómez; Enzo Perez; Santiago Simón, Rodrigo Aliendro, Agustín Palavecino, Nicolás de la Cruzo Miguel Borja; Luca Beltran.