Still complications for River: Gallardo can lose two starters for the key match against Patronato

From complication to complication. right River. That is the first defeat Cordoba workshops at the Monumental not only did he sack him from the fight for the title in the League, but he could have left him two more victims in the face of the duel against Patronage for the quarter-finals of Argentine Cupthis Wednesday in La Rioja.

Emanuele mother Y Santiago Simone They are not in optimal condition and if they get to the game it will be with just enough. They both returned to training very lightly this Monday. The defender continues to experience discomfort in his left knee and the midfielder has had problems with his right ankle.

The trouble of the center scorer was born against Talleres after a strong ball dispute with Matías Godoy, which led him to finish the game walking with difficulty.

The midfielder’s injury is in the same spot where he sprained himself last week against San Lorenzo. In fact, on Saturday, after being substituted in the second half, they put ice on the affected area, a clear sign that he was not ready to play.

They arrive? This is the question that invades and worries Marcelo Gallardo. Because a few hours before the end of a decisive match, losing Mammana would mean losing their best defender today. One of the few properties, which he started the year with an adaptation after spending almost a year without playing in Sochi, but whose performance in the second half was well above the rest of his teammates.

And for this the technical staff will wait for its evolution until the last momenteven if at the same time it is necessary to evaluate the risks that it can entail since in that same joint, Mammana has suffered a synovitis earlier this semester and in which she also underwent two surgeries – the first in 2018, the second in 2019 – to treat ligament injuries.

In the event that Mammana does not arrive, the range of alternatives consists of two players who have not filmed: Jonathan Maidana -His last 16 minutes on the pitch were against Newell’s; as a starter he has not played since July 17, against Vélez- e Leandro González Pirez, without participation since July 10, when he was substituted at half-time against Godoy Cruz after a weak performance in the first 45 minutes. Possibly in this context, if Mammana is to be preserved, it will be Maidana who will come in and reissue the old and reliable central defender with Javier Pinola.

As for Simon, perhaps his situation is a little easier to resolve. Even though that area of ​​the camp was weakened by the victims, the demand Nicholas of the Crossthe injury of Rodrigo Allendro– If he doesn’t have the youth academies, Gallardo could give back the property Juan Fernando Quinteroas he was discharged last Thursday after overcoming a slight tear and adding half an hour of football against Talleres.

In any case, River continues to suffer from the sickness of absence. Even if he recovers before the Board of Trustees Andrea Herrera Already Enzo Perez (they did not play against Talleres because they were disqualified in the league), they will not be able to count Franco ArmaniPaulo Díaz and De La Cruz, who are with their national teams and we will have to wait for the evolution of Mammana and Simón.