07/18/2021 10:10
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/18/2021 4:24 PM
River Plate, focused on its participation in the Copa Libertadores and with a team made up of some starters and several substitutes, receives this Sunday Colón de Santa Fe, recent champion of the League Cup and with several positives in coronavirus in his squad, in the start of the Professional Football League tournament.
The game is played at the Monumental stadium, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, starting at 6 pm, televised by Fox Sports and with the arbitration of Darío Herrera from Neuquén.
River and his coach Marcelo Gallardo are looking for the Copa Libertadores, the trophy he won in 2015 and 2018 and was denied in 2019 (he lost the final to Flamengo) and 2020 (he lost to Palmeiras in the semifinals), and the Millionaire is focused on that goal. that on Wednesday he will play in La Paternal against Argentinos Juniors, for the rematch of the round of 16 after 1-1 in the first leg.
Colón, for his part, indulged himself and was deserved champion of the League Cup, by beating Racing 3-0, led by Eduardo Domínguez and with an exclusive figure such as that of forward Luis Miguel "Pulga" Rodríguez, that despite the celebrations and the glory achieved, he emigrated and signed a contract with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.
= Probable formations =
River Plate: Franco Armani;
Gonzalo Montiel, Jonatan Maidana or Paulo Díaz, Héctor Martínez and Fabricio Angileri or Milton Casco;
Juan Paradela, Enzo Pérez, Jorge Carrascal and Agustín Palavecino;
Federico Girotti and Braian Romero.
DT;
Marcelo Gallardo.
Columbus: Leonardo Burián;
Facundo Mura, Bruno Bianchi, Facundo Garcés and Nahuel Gallardo or Gonzalo Piovi;
Cristian Bernardi, Rodrigo Aliendro, Federico Lértora and Alexis Castro;
Facundo Farías and Nicolás Leguizamón or Wilson Morelo.
DT: Eduardo Domínguez.
Referee: Darío Herrera.
Stadium: River Plate.
Start time: 18:00.
TV: Fox Sports.