The injury to
Nicolás De La Cruz
forces
Martín Demichelis
to make a change that he had not planned to face
Sarmiento
in Junín on Sunday night.
It is that the Uruguayan, after his return, began to show again the reasons why he is a key player in the operation of
River
's midfield .
However, the coach will have to resort to another variant, which can be a midfielder, or change the scheme and play with two forwards.
If the tactical device used in the win against Godoy Cruz last Sunday at the Monumental is not modified, with five midfielders,
Esequiel Barco
and
Santiago Simón
are the ones who have a chance of making the team.
And if "Micho" decides to play with two forwards, the one who can enter is Borja.
And between the two of them, perhaps Barco has more chances, since the first change in Sunday's game against the men from Mendoza was his entry for the Uruguayan.
With Demichelis, the former Independiente has already been playing as an insider, so it would not represent an unknown situation for him.
Meanwhile, Simón, who managed the charges together with Miguel Borja in training on Wednesday, knows that position in midfield very well, beyond having also played on the outside.
Photo: ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFP.
De La Cruz's injury is not worrisome at the moment, but it is a wake-up call, given that he has synovitis in his right knee, which has afflicted Matías Suárez for a long time.
"The player Nicolás De la Cruz presented an episode of right knee synovitis and must undergo medical and physiokinetic treatment, remaining inactive for a period of approximately 10 to 12 days according to evolution," was the text of the medical report released this afternoon by Nunez's club.
Therefore, De la Cruz, 25, will miss the match against Sarmiento de Junín and it will be necessary to see if he arrives in condition to play against Unión, in more than two weeks, after the stoppage for the FIFA date.
After having played the World Cup in Qatar with the Uruguayan National Team, De La Cruz underwent stem cell treatment on his right knee, for which he made his recovery during River's preseason in Miami.
And he played again on February 26, when he entered the second half of the loss to Arsenal.
And then he started against Lanús and Godoy Cruz.
Now, Demichelis will have to think about his replacement.
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