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Coronavirus in River: among the infections are its three substitute goalkeepers and key players in each line

2021-05-16T12:48:22.026Z


In the list of positive covid-19 cases for the Superclásico, the three Armani replacements and figures of the stature of De la Cruz and Borré appear. With what 11 would Gallardo go to court? River confirmed that it will not ask for the postponement of the Superclásico and will go out to play with what it has


05/15/2021 15:03

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 05/15/2021 3:18 PM

This Saturday, a

coronavirus

outbreak was announced

in the

River team

that includes several starting players and their three substitute goalkeepers. The club released an official statement with the names of the players who have already been isolated and miss the Superclásico against Boca for the quarterfinals of the League Cup: Paulo Díaz, Federico Girotti, Enrique Bologna, Germán Lux, Robert Rojas, Nicolás De La Cruz, Rafael Borré, Bruno Zuculini, Tomás Castro Ponce and Franco Petroli.

In addition to losing part of their starting defense, Díaz and Rojas, and key players of the team such as De la Cruz, Borré or the kid Girotti, what stands out at first glance is that

Marcelo Gallardo

will have to resort to a plan D if it is that in at some point he has to replace Franco Armani.

The experienced Germán Lux and Enrique Bologna, in addition to the kid Franco Petroli, captain of the Reserve, will not be in La Boca as a result of their positive tests, which will add an extra spice to a Superclassic that has been bumpy since before its start .

Franco Armani and Enrique Bologna.

Photos: EFE / Juan Ignacio Roncoroni.

In the particular case of the arch, the Doll will have to turn to Alan Leonardo Díaz, a 21-year-old kid who is a substitute for Petroli in the Reserve and who already suffered from coronavirus in September 2020.

In that case, a probable formation of River to go out before the court and face Miguel Ángel Russo's team would be: Armani;

Casco (or Montiel), Maidana, David Martínez and Angileri;

Palavecino, Enzo Pérez, Ponzio (or Casco);

Carrascal, Julián Álvarez and Matías Suárez.

The greatest difficulty, of course, would be in setting up the substitute bench.

Clubs such as Banfield, Gimnasia, Defensa y Justicia and Sarmiento have already suffered this type of outbreak at some point during the year, which affected their performance in the League Cup.

And something similar also happened to Boca, in the run-up to the 2020 Libertadores restart. In addition to the days of absence while they are going through the disease, it should be noted how difficult it is for some players to reintegrate to the level they had before getting sick.

The closest precedent is the case of Edwin Cardona, for example, who was discharged but later detected mild myocarditis, for which he had to spend another two weeks undergoing studies.

The veteran goalkeeper German Lux also tested positive for coronavirus and will miss the Superclásico.

Photo: AFP.

Now it was River's turn, although in the preview of a momentous match, no less than in the quarterfinals and a day before the Superclásico.

And in the preview of the last two dates of his group in the Copa Libertadores, where the saving header of Chilean Paulo Díaz gave him some peace of mind for qualifying for the second round.

Look also

Last minute change in Boca-River: the Belatti line leaves and Julio Fernández enters

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Source: clarin

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