River added more casualties in the win against San Lorenzo and Gallardo puts together a real puzzle

The triumph in New gasometer, where they beat San Lorenzo 1-0, brought the River some relief and peace of mind after a difficult week following defeats to Boca and Banfield. However, it also left him a high cost due to the losses he will have for Saturday’s bout with Talleres at the Monumental. With those that have been added after the classic, there will be 9 absences.

At Bajo Flores, Gallardo lost Andrea Herrerawho was expelled, Enzo Perezwhich has reached five yellow cards and probably Santiago Simone, retired with a right ankle injury. To these three we must add Franco Armani, Paulo Diaz and Nicolas De La Cruzwho joined the teams of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay respectively to play friendlies on FIFA.

In addition, it should be remembered that the Doll no longer had Rodrigo Aliendro (he will not play until 2023 due to the malar fracture suffered in the Superclásico with Boca), Robert Rojas (has not finished recovering from the fracture of the tibia and fibula, of the one who recently underwent a new surgery due to an infection caused by the screws that had been placed on him) and with Juanfer Quintero (tear in the left hamstring).

Hence, Gallardo will have to put together a puzzle for Saturday’s duel against the Cordoba side, in which River will need a win to keep their hopes in the title fight. And since most of the absent players are regular players, the substitutes are already warming up to enter.

In this way, following a logic, the changes that are outlined are: Ezequiel Centurión will be in the arc to replace Armani; at the center of the defense Javier Pinola will take the place of Paulo Díaz; Milton Casco will have to move to right-back to cover Herrera’s position and Elías Gómez will be left-back; Bruno Zuculini in place of Enzo Pérez; Agustín Palavecino by Simone; and Tomas Pochettino for De La Cruz.

In any case, not only will Gallardo have to occupy spaces in the starting team but also on the substitutes’ bench. Will there be room for a young person? For now the coach has been cautious in this regard, given that, in a press conference after the victory over San Lorenzo, he commented: “Every time I tried to include a young reserve, it was because I thought he was ready to do it. If I see a young player ready to be called, it is because he is prepared. Not because I want to play. There have been other emergencies, such as the coronavirus, and we had to call someone who was not fully prepared and took the place, but in normal processes it is not good to also call a player who does not feel ready to take on that role today. “

The reality shows that, without counting the case of Ezequiel Centurión, who made his debut at the River on May 8 against Platense at the Monumental but had already done so in the First Division at the Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, where he was loaned, more than a year ago that Gallardo did not promote an Inferiore footballer. The latest was left-back Felipe Salomoni, who played (entered in the second half) against Sarmiento on 30 August 2021, on a day in which Núñez’s team suffered several casualties from players who went to the national team .

Faced with this situation, there are two obvious issues that are discussed by several people in the club: on the one hand the group of players who are in the Reserve and in the Fourth Division does not convince Gallardo very much and on the other hand there is a restructuring process in the Inferiore after the passage of former coordinator Gustavo Grossi (who arrived in 2016 and left at the beginning of last year for Inter de Porto Alegre) was not as fruitful as expected at River.