05/19/2021 9:22 AM
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Updated 05/19/2021 9:22 AM
As soon as it was confirmed that
Conmebol would
not enable the inclusion of two goalkeepers in
River's
list of players
to face
Independiente Santa Fe
this Wednesday, at 9
p.m.
, one of the first names that emerged as an alternative was
Milton Casco
.
Enzo Pérez
almost ruled out
due
to the strained right hamstring he suffered in Sunday's superclassic
, all the chips were on the side.
However, after the Millionaire's practice, everything changed.
Despite the pain and his difficulties in moving due to the injury,
Enzo did not hesitate, he volunteered to cover the casualties and Marcelo Gallardo tested him on goal.
Enzo's decision to make himself available to DT, would not only help to cover the losses of
Franco Armani, Enrique Bologna, Germán Lux and Franco Petroli,
but would also allow the Doll to
complete the starting 11 to present tonight at the Monumental.
Enzo is convinced that he is in a position to fulfill this role and, oddly enough, he has some experience.
It is that the midfielder more than once occupied the role of goalkeeper in the informal practices of the campus.
Thus, Gallardo stopped him in the goal during training and during these hours he meditates what to do:
if he includes EP with the risk that the Mendoza would assume or decides to play with 10 footballers and puts Milton Casco under the three sticks in an extreme situation
, with 20 infected with Covid in the squad, including the four goalkeepers and with Conmebol's refusal to replace Lux and Petroli with
the kids Alan Leonardo Díaz and Agustín Gómez, from the Fourth Division.
El Muñeco understands this gesture by Pérez as an example of professionalism and group commitment, as did
Javier Pinola
when he showed the DT that he
was willing to go out on the field despite the risk of suffering from the fracture in his right forearm,
since the The 38-year-old defender has not yet received a medical discharge (he was injured on 2/28 against Platense): any blow or fall would make him start over from scratch in a recovery that is already in the final stage.
This is how Enzo cuts
When the news broke that the candidate to wear the diver was the experienced steering wheel,
the networks were full of praise for him and soon videos of Enzo in the bow appeared.
Sight.
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