05/17/2021 3:32 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 05/17/2021 3:32 PM
River Plate has already left behind the elimination in the League Cup after falling on penalties against Boca and now must aim the guns at the Copa Libertadores. And, while waiting for the result of the new swabs and the study that Enzo Pérez underwent, who suffered muscle discomfort, he faces a new problem as a result of the massive outbreak of Covid that left him with a decimated squad:
he has no goalkeepers to play on Wednesday against Independiente Santa Fe in the Monumental. Will a field player save?
It is that Alan Díaz, who ended up being a figure in the Bombonera, is the fifth goalkeeper and does not appear in the cup team.
Neither Agustín Gómez, who on Sunday went to the bank and until a few days ago he was cutting off in the lower divisions.
Is that Gallardo, in tune with what he had declared last September, missed the possibility of scoring 50 players and drew up a list of 32 so as not to expose the youth.
Marcelo Gallardo's team receives the Bogota team on Wednesday at 9 pm for the fifth date of the cup.
It is a key match for the Millionaire's aspirations, which adds 18 casualties among those on the list in good faith.
Debut.
Alan Díaz appeared in the goal of River against Boca and now they will look for him to save in the Copa Libertadores.
Photo: MARCELO CARROLL
There are fifteen positive cases of Covid in Nuñez: Franco Armani, Germán Lux and Enrique Bologna, Franco Petroli, Paulo Díaz, Robert Rojas, Bruno Zuculini, Tomás Castro Ponce, Santiago Simón, Nicolás de la Cruz, Agustín Palavecino, Rafael Santos Borré, Matías Suárez, Federico Girotti and Benjamin Rollheiser.
There are also injured:
Javier Pinola, Enzo Pérez
(they will study him) and
Flabián Bedoya
.
"
I do not know if I am going to count on Díaz for the Copa Libertadores. It is what I least thought about. Now we will see what is going to happen. We are in a pandemic situation. If we have a team to present, we will do it," he slipped. the coach, who will only be able to count on the 11 starters and three substitutes so far.
What if a field player must tackle?
Who will it be?
In River they prefer to wait for the result of the request they will make to Conmebol.
However, rumors place
Milton Casco, side marker of origin,
as a great candidate to be placed under the three suits.
After the elimination with Boca, River has to re-arm itself with youth for the Copa Libertadores.
Photo: REUTERS / Marcelo Endelli
Are there chances that Conmebol will deny the request?
Before
Clarín's
query
, a source from the South American Football Confederation was forceful on Saturday night: "The regulation talks about injury. River could register 50 players and only scored 32. Consequently: it cannot add another goalkeeper. They are whims of someone who put 32 and not 50 players ".
Article 3.5.7.12 of the Regulations of the Copa Libertadores stipulates that the substitution of an injured goalkeeper may be allowed during any stage of the tournament, once the seriousness of the injury has been verified by the Conmebol Medical Commission.
This must happen until 2:00 p.m. (Paraguayan time) the day before the match in question. "
And it expands the regulation: "In exceptional cases, and at its sole discretion, Conmebol may analyze requests for substitutions of goalkeepers due to injury that are sent within a period other than the established one."
A necessary clarification: for Conmebol, Covid 19 is a pandemic disease and does not cause "an injury" in the players.
We will have to wait for the formal presentation of River to arrive and then from Luque to explain whether or not there is authorization.
At this time, as this newspaper learned, nothing changed in the opinion of Conmebol since Saturday night.
Are they testing the gloves on Casco?
There is a recent antecedent that encourages the chances that Díaz could be included.
Boca added goalkeeper Ramiro García to the delegation that traveled to Brazil to play against Santos (0-1).
It was due to the injury of Agustín Lastra, the fourth goalkeeper he has for three months of recovery, and the absence of Esteban Andrada, who was still stranded in Ecuador.
For this reason, García traveled to San Pablo to cover the backs of Agustín Rossi and the other García, Javier.
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