A distinctive range of Marcelo Gallardo
's cycle
in
River
was the firmness that his team had to play the
one-on-one
, elimination matches.
Of 82 crosses, he won 63 and lost 19, giving him a mark of 77 percent effectiveness.
And one of the challenges that the new era of Martín Demichelis
will have ahead of
will be trying to sustain that strength in this type of crossover.
He already played one (against Banfield for the 2020 Champions Trophy semifinal) and won it.
This Wednesday the debut in the Argentine Cup is coming, against
Racing de Córdoba
, in the Madre de Ciudades de Santiago del Estero.
In that stadium (which will look full since the tickets are sold out), River is also on a favorable streak.
Since its inauguration in 2021, it has played five games at the Santiago stadium and won all of them.
Furthermore, all their victories were by a wide difference.
The first one was, precisely, at the inauguration of the Madre de Ciudades, in the game that thrashed Racing 5-0 for the Argentine Super Cup, on March 4 of that year.
The second time that River visited the Madre de Ciudades was a month after the victory against Racing and with a new 5-0 win.
On this occasion, against Central Córdoba, for the tenth date of Group A of the 2021 LPF Cup. And on September 25, he would win again against Central Córdoba but this time 3-1, on date 13 of the 2021 Professional League , a tournament that Gallardo's team ended up winning at the end of the year.
And at the end of 2021, he beat Colón 4-0, in the final of the Champions Trophy, which was the last consecration of the Gallardo era.
The last visit was just over a month ago, with Demichelis already in charge of the team, and with another victory, against Central Córdoba, 2-0, with goals from Nacho Fernández and Pablo Solari.
Photo Juano Tesone - CLARIN
With all this positive background, River will seek to maintain the good run against Racing de Córdoba this Wednesday, a rival they have not faced since April 8, 1990, for date 8 of the 89/90 championship, with a 1-0 win at the Monumental .
Facing that match, Demichelis may make variations to balance the loads, taking into account that there are footballers who have accumulated many minutes since the beginning of the year.
One of those who would leave would be
Milton Casco
, who came out with a problem on Saturday against Lanús and started all the games of the semester (he accumulates 575 minutes out of 630 possible).
His place could be taken by
Paulo Díaz
, who just replaced him against Garnet, something that would force a change of position: if this variant is confirmed,
Enzo Díaz
will be the left back, a position he occupied in a great way on Saturday after the match. Casco exit.
Meanwhile, Demichelis decides what to do with
Enzo Pérez
who rested 23 minutes on Saturday, and comes from a long journey of several games played in a row.
If the man from Mendoza does not play,
Rodrigo Aliendro
could enter .
Meanwhile, it should not be ruled out that
Santiago Simón
, author of a double in the tiebreaker of the Champions Trophy against Banfield, also goes from the start.
If that happens, De La Cruz or Nacho Fernández would leave.
And in attack, the question is whether
Salomón Rondón continues (from a weak game with Lanús), if
Lucas Beltrán
has his chance
(he scored the second goal of the victory in La Fortaleza) or if
Miguel Borja
returns (he scored two goals in substitutes' Sunday soccer practice against the Reserves).
Photo: JUAN JOSE GARCIA - CLARIN
For its part, Racing de Córdoba, recently promoted to the First National, started the tournament of the second category of Argentine soccer unevenly.
Out of four games, they won two and lost two.
On the last date, they beat Deportivo Madryn 3-1 at home.
“Racing deserves to play this game with River for the Argentine Cup. It is a game that we have won, nobody gave us anything. We qualified for this competition and we are going to face a great rival and play a decent game. It is something that as managers we express to the coaching staff and the players. There is a 50% chance of beating River”
, he affirmed –to La Voz de Córdoba-, with great confidence its president, Manuel Pérez.
In Nueva Italia (the neighborhood of Racing Cordoba) there is a lot of confidence to try to hit Santiago del Estero.
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