Solari suffered a tear and Gallardo must put together a puzzle in attack for Superclásico with Boca

Pablo César Solari’s injury is a headache for Marcelo Gallardo, because it forces him to rethink the River forward. Just as the former Colo-Colo started to shine with the red sash and get along well with Lucas Beltrán, the Doll he will have to think of a new strategy for the attack in view of Sunday’s Superclásico at the Bombonera. Is the double 9 back with Borja? Will there be a chance for Esequiel Barco? Or will he play with Matías Suárez from the start?

Solari suffers a tear in the left femoral square, a muscle near the buttock area, according to what the medical studies they did at the Rossi de Belgrano clinic this Monday at noon showed. And although from around they have commented that the injury would be small, and the club’s doctors have commented that in that muscle the recovery may be faster than in another, in any case the striker I couldn’t be at the Bombonera on Sunday.

That is why the footballer’s face when he left the clinic highlighted this situation. He had the same anger and bitterness as when he left Monumental Sunday night after River’s 2-0 win over Barracas Central. The 21-year-old boy went to the clinic accompanied by a friend and left the medical institution walking, without making any statements, with the black diver hood he wore on his head and the chin strap covering his face. almost incognito.

Without Solari, River loses an unbalanced player with a goal. In 9 games he scored 7 goals. Thus, faced with the transcendental match against Boca, in which the future of both for the final part of the championship can be defined, Gallardo will have to define his replacement.

If Matías Suárez was physically one hundred percent, there would be no doubt that Cordovan would play as a starter. However, he is not here to complete the 90 minutes. Therefore, the Doll prefers to let him enter the second half so that the “Ear” exploits its potential in the final stages of the match.

The option that may prevail is that of double 9, with Beltrán and Borja. However, except in the second half against Aldosivi, that formula has not been very successful so far. Gallardo tries from the beginning in the match with Sarmiento, which ended in a defeat and in the second half against Arsenal, a match in which River drew goalless and the pair of center-forwards were unable to change the course of the match.

So the responsibility could fall on Essekiel ship, perhaps the most natural replacement that Solari has, even if Gallardo makes him play midfielder-winger. The former Independiente could move a few meters forward on the pitch to be closer to Beltrán, which he did in the last Superclásico played at Monumental, in March this year, when he played underdog to accompany Julián. Álvarez.

The other possibility is that, with Barco on the pitch, there is a tactical variant and River plays with five midfielders if Gallardo keeps the former US MLS player in the left wing position. In that case, Enzo Pérez will be the central midfielder and Quintero (Palavecino), Aliendro, De La Cruz and Barco will play in front of him. But there are still several days left and Gallardo will take some time to define the best proposal to try to hurt Boca.

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On the other hand, Emanuel Mammana is not serious. The defender left as a precaution at half-time in the match against Barracas Central because his right hamstring stiffened, but on Sunday at the Bombonera he will have no problem playing.

Meanwhile, a River are optimistic with Franco Armani, which last week, against Defense and Justice, reported a tear in the left comb. “Franco will recover well. In these 48 hours he has evolved quite well and we believe that in the next few hours this will help him to have no problems getting there, “said Gallardo.

While, Andrea Herrerawho suffered an instep trauma after the match against Florencio Varela’s team in Chaco, went to the bench against Barracas Central and will be able to play against Boca.