River: David Martínez will not play against Independiente and Gallardo is looking for a replacement

River is facing an important match against Independent: You must earn points to get close to the top of the Professional League. The defeat at the Monumental against Sarmiento left some doubts on the construction of the team and, thinking of his visit on Sunday to the Libertadores de América, Marcelo Gallardo evaluated the changes in defense during the week.

One of them has to do with David Martinez. The defender, who had a bad performance on the last round, struggled to find the best level of him and was among those who could leave. To this is added, already out of football, In the last few hours she felt pain in her left quadriceps, medical examinations were made and it was confirmed that she suffered a tear.

So the 24-year-old central defender will be absent, he will stay out of the field for an indefinite period of time and the Bambola will have to replace him yes or yes in Avellaneda. To occupy that place is Javier Pinola, already tested for some time by the DT in training on Thursday, just to replace Martínez (he had started as a starter).

With the injury of the one that emerged in the Inferior Millionaire, MG’s doubts seem to have been clarified and it would be the 39-year-old experienced player who will join the defense alongside Paulo Díaz. The other who would have his place in the defensive zone is Milton Casco, while on the left there is another uncertainty: does Elías Gómez play or does Emanuel Mammana pass in that sector?

eleven possible

Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Paulo Diaz, Javier Pinola, Elías Gómez or Emanuel Mammana; Enzo Perez; Pablo Solari, Rodrigo Aliendro or Nicolás De la Cruz, Agustín Palavecino, Esequiel Barco and Lucas Beltrán.

Martínez’s bad gift

Since that strain on his left knee ligaments he suffered in February, the left-back has never been the same and it is not necessary to go that far back in the archive to find an answer as to why Gallardo tried the tweaks in his position during the week. : in Sarmiento’s first goal he went too far, almost in the middle of the field, to try to anticipate the Mainero and then took a long time to recover his position and arrived late to interrupt the passage behind the wheel in his definition against Armani; while in the second he lost from above with Andueza.

Beyond his usual calm, surely all week he chewed anger and counted the hours to get a quick revenge, but it could not be: His tear has been confirmed and he will be off the pitch indefinitely …