San Lorenzo and River met in March and it was Núñez’s victory. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
River Plate, hit by two consecutive defeats, visits San Lorenzo in the Nuovo Gasometro with the illusion of returning to victory to rejoin the fight for the Professional Football League (LPF).
This 20th round classic will be played from 3:30 pm under Patricio Loustau arbitration, with around 30,000 people in the stadium and broadcast by ESPN Premium.
For Marcelo Gallardo’s team it is assumed that the match is the last chance to fight for the title after a bad week in terms of results.
The defeats against Boca in the super-classic host (0-1) and against Banfield in Núñez (1-2) have relegated him to eighth place with a distance of 7 points compared to leaders Gimnasia and Esgrima La Plata.
River urgently needs to regain victory and also a performance adequate to their football potential, apart from the timid resumption of play that they showed against “Drill” in relation to the very poor performance at the Bombonera.
Gallardo will make line-up changes, a constant for the semester due to injuries, suspensions, subpoenas or poor performance. Tomorrow winger Milton Casco and central midfielder Enzo Pérez, who had rested after the game against Boca, will return. They will take the place of Elías Gómez and Bruno Zuculini respectively.
There could be more variants: Colombian Miguel Borja, who scored the “millionaire” goal against Banfield, is fighting for his place with Lucas Beltrán in attack.
Accompanied by a crowd, with only seats missing in the stadium’s South Stalls, the San Lorenzo will seek their sixth league victory after four draws in a row.
Rubén Darío Insúa’s team, limited in its resources, has carried out an acceptable campaign but marked by an abundance of pardas: 12 out of the 19 dates that have passed.
Two new games are missing to reach his campaign record in the ’91 Apertura, under the direction of Fernando Areán and in the 2018/19 Superliga with Jorge Almirón on the bench.
Repeat draws, especially against direct rivals in the fight to qualify for the 2023 South American Cup, put that goal at risk, so San Lorenzo inevitably needs to win the classic as they did in this tournament against Boca (L ) and Racing (V).
With 42 points in the accumulated annual ranking, the “Ciclón” is five from the international zone and still has seven rivals to overcome: Defense and Justice (47), Atlético Tucumán (46), Tigre (44), Banfield (44). , Unión de Santa Fe (43), Sarmiento de Junín (43) and Barracas Central (43).
As for the 0-0 against Colón in Santa Fe, Insúa will order the return of Gastón Hernández for Gastón Campi in defense and probably also that of Nahuel Barrios for Andrés Vombergar in attack.
River is the team that has the most advantage over San Lorenzo in the championship tournaments of the professional era. The difference is 20 games (73 wins, 63 draws and 53 defeats).
On his last visit to the New Gasometer he won 1-0 with a goal from Chilean Díaz on 5 March for the League Cup. They had not lost in that stadium since June 4, 2017 (1-2).
= Probable formations =
San Lorenzo: Battle of Augustus; Agustín Giay, Federico Gattoni, Cristian Zapata, Gastón Hernández and Malcom Braida; Ezequiel Cerutti, Juan Ignacio Méndez, Jalil Elías and Nahuel Barrios or Andrés Vombergar; Adam Bareiro. DT: Rubén Darío Insúa.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Andrés Herrera, Emanuel Mammana, Paulo Diaz and Milton Casco; Enzo Perez; Santiago Simón, Nicolás De la Cruz and Agustín Palavecino; Pablo Solari and Lucas Beltrán or Miguel Borja. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Referee: Patricio Loustau. VAR: Diego Abal.
Stadium: San Lorenzo.
Starting time: 15:30.
TV: ESPN Premium.
Source: Clarin
