Apart from the joy over the victory over Argentinos Juniors at the Monumental, some uneasiness had remained in River due to another injury, that of Miguel Borja.
However, in the midst of this concern, this Monday morning there was good news:
Nicolás De La Cruz
and
Paulo Díaz
trained alongside the group.
That De La Cruz and Díaz are ready to play again is of vital importance for River.
Above all, due to the presence of the Uruguayan, who can provide the game quota that the team is lacking in midfield.
In turn, the dark-haired midfielder also stands out for his ability to recover balls, so he can fulfill double duty.
He also has good setback, something that coach
Martín Demichelis
gives great importance to in his game plan.
Photo Juano Tesone - CLARIN
De La Cruz
trained normally for the first time since Demichelis took over as technical director.
After playing in the World Cup in Qatar, the Uruguayan underwent
stem cell treatment in his right knee
to strengthen it, for which he trained separately during the preseason in Miami, without being able to add playing minutes.
And he did it that way to have an efficient recovery from his time in the operating room.
The set-up continued and was completed at the Ezeiza RiverCamp, until this Monday he returned to train with the group.
Now, the coaching staff will evaluate him physically and footballingly to see if they can count on him against Tigre or if his return occurs the following week against Arsenal.
Photo: REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
The return of
Paulo Díaz
is also taken as important news since with his presence, the Chilean can reinforce a sensitive area of the playing field, such as the central defense in River, which had been having problems, which were left in the background. against Argentinos, given the very good work of Enzo Díaz.
The left-hander underwent an
arthroscopy on his right knee
in December 2022, after returning from a tour with the Chilean team with discomfort in that area.
The defender began training alongside the group in the United States, but then he returned to working separately and with the kinesiologists, since he felt pain and they had to lower the loads and intensity of the practices.
His return, now, is imminent since he is recovered.
PHOTO JUAN MANUEL FOGLIA - CLARIN
As for Borja, meanwhile, apparently it is not serious
.
The Colombian requested the change after converting the penalty that gave River the partial tie against Argentinos due to a discomfort in the right hamstring and from the club's medical staff they reported that they had not ordered, for the moment, studies.
“Miguel (Borja) began to load his hamstring and he chose to leave. It seems barbaric to me, you have to know how to know your body and be anticipating a much more complicated injury. He felt that he began to charge and he was sincere and honest with him, with the team and with the game situation. I hope it's nothing serious”
, Demichelis had said at the press conference on Sunday after the match against the La Paternal team.
And it seems that it will.
With De La Cruz and Díaz recovered and with Borja without having something serious, the panorama of the injured is improving in River.
David Martínez and Agustín Palavecino have already returned against Argentinos (he had minutes in the second half), while the return of Emanuel Mammana (left hamstring injury) is expected by the end of the month.
On the other hand, Matías Kranevitter, who suffered a fractured right fibula against Unión La Calera de Chile in San Luis, in the first friendly of the Demichelis cycle, will have to wait a little longer since between the end of March and April he would be fit .
For his part,
Matías Suárez
continues to recover from chronic synovitis in his right knee, and
Elías López
and
Tomás Lecanda
from torn cruciate ligaments.
While
Bruno Zuculini
, who suffered a partial rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee, will undergo surgery this Tuesday morning at the Trinidad de San Isidro sanatorium.
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