The smiles continue in
River
.
The day after the win over Huracán at the Ducó, which allowed them to maintain their leadership in the Professional League, four points above San Lorenzo, their shooting guard, Martín Demichelis received another piece of
good news
.
Matías Kranevitter played reduced football for the first time so far this year and his return to the fields is getting closer.
On a sunny Monday morning, in keeping with the climate in the heart of River Plate, the coaching staff decided to open the doors of the Ezeiza RiverCamp so that the press could witness and take pictures.
It was going to be for 15 minutes but it finally stretched out throughout practice.
Therefore, it was possible to observe the football works in reduced spaces, in which Kranevitter participated.
In this way, the central midfielder has already entered the last stage of his recovery.
And it is expected that between the end of April and the beginning of May he will be able to play again.
Three and a half months after undergoing surgery for a fractured fibula and torn ligaments in his right ankle, a consequence of the serious injury he suffered on his return to the club, on December 22 in a friendly against Unión La Calera, Colo He is taking bigger and bigger steps to make his return come true.
Matías Kranevitter, next to the ball.
On one side, Demcihelis.
The coach is waiting for the return of the central midfielder, a luxury reinforcement for his team.
Photo: Maxi Failla
I had already started doing field work with a kinesiologist a month ago.
He ran, stopped, moved, tested his leg, encouraged to come into contact with the ball.
And now came what he most expected: playing soccer.
Meanwhile, Demichelis looks at him out of the corner of his eye and is excited to be able to add him soon, taking into account that the triple competition is already here.
And River will play many games between the League, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Argentina.
And Kranevitter can be an essential piece.
“
Kranevitter is going very well with respect to the times, here the important thing is that there is no setback and he is evolving in good time
, in tune, he had not been doing the entire training sessions but he was doing a large part.
When there is more intensity and more grief, we run it.
But he is now entering the stage where he can do full training.
He is a player that we need, a string of a lot of travel and wear and tear is coming and he would give us a hand once he got well, "said Demichelis about the" Colo ", who was the first addition of his era.
And now, without a doubt, his return will represent a reinforcement for River.
At 29, Colo is in full swing, beyond the unfortunate injury he suffered, and it will be essential for Demichelis.
The coach, at first, had thought of him as Enzo Pérez's partner in a 4-2-3-1 or as the only central midfielder in other systems, either in a 4-1-3-2 or a 4-1-4 -1.
Kranevitter
, given his experience and his characteristics,
can play alongside Enzo Pérez
and could also do it with Rodrigo Aliendro, a great present, in case the man from Mendoza has to rest.
That way, Demichelis can breathe life into his central midfielders, given that his other player in that position in the squad, Bruno Zuculini, is recovering from a longer injury: a torn ACL in his left knee.
With Kranevitter, the coach will once again have a natural five on the squad, and will be able to better manage the over-demand of Enzo Pérez, the leader and captain who needs special care at 37, and Aliendro, an all-terrain player, who does wear and tear on the field of play.
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