River Plate
's central defender
,
David Martínez
, will undergo surgery tomorrow at the Trinidad clinic in San Isidro for patellar tendinopathy in his right knee and will not be able to play
until the second half of the year
.
Martínez, who had been on the substitute bench against
Tigre
, after almost two months of differentiated work during the preseason,
suffered from the injury
last Sunday when he was part of the substitute soccer practice against a youth team.
The Paraguayan naturalized defender, who has been suffering from knee discomfort since last year when he lost continuity in the team, only played 12 games in the second part of the year after having been
one of the team's figures in 2021.
David Martinez, goal against Colo-Colo in the 2022 Libertadores. Photo: MARCOS BRINDICCI / AFP.
DT
Martín Demichelis
tried to recover it with special treatment, he even started in the first friendly against Unión La Calera, but the knee did not resist and that is why tomorrow at 8 in the morning the team doctor, Pedro Hansing, will intervene. .
Since the arrival of Demichelis, injuries have been a problem for the coach since
Matías Kranevitter
suffered a fractured right fibula and a ligament injury to the same ankle in the first preseason friendly against La Calera in San Luis, on December 22. .
After the arthroscopies suffered by
Nicolás de la Cruz
and
Paulo Díaz ,
Agustín Palavecino
's tear and
Matías Suárez
's synovitis ,
Bruno Zuculini's
ligaments were torn
.
In addition, this morning the youth Franco Alfonso worked differently and defender Emanuel Mammana still has not been cleared, who suffered a muscle injury in his right hamstring after starting the first game.
With this panorama, the squad trained this morning at the Ezeiza property and both the Chilean Díaz and the Uruguayan De la Cruz worked hand in hand with the rest
and will be part of the squad for Sunday with chances of adding minutes from the start. bank.
Nico De la Cruz, near the return to River's first team.
Photo: Maxi Failla.
As for the possible starting team, some changes are expected that will only be confirmed in the hours before the game, but Leandro González Pírez, José Paradela, Agustín Palavecino and Pablo Solari have chances to enter.
Thus, a possible 11 to face Arsenal on Sunday would be with:
Franco Armani;
Robert Rojas, Leandro González Pírez, Enzo Díaz and Milton Casco;
Enzo Pérez or Palavecino, Ignacio Fernández, Santiago Simón and José Paradela;
Miguel Borja or Solari and Salomón Rondón.
Miguel Borja, one of the doubts in River's attack.
Photo: EFE/ Nicolás Rios.
River Plate is going to train again tomorrow afternoon at the
Monumental
, where it will also focus again after the completion of the works stage in the San Martín and Centenario sectors of the stalls.
The match against the Viaducto team, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. and will be valid for the fifth date of the Professional League tournament,
will have a full stadium setting with nearly 80,000 River fans and members
who have already reserved their places.
River has 9 points in the tournament after beating Tigre 1-0 and comes from beating
Banfield 3-2
in the tiebreaker to reach the final of the Champions Trophy, while Arsenal barely has 1 point and is bottom of the table.
Source: Telam
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