The preseason in the United States left bad news for River
.
And the confirmation of
Manu Lanzini
's tear in his right hamstring, an injury that occurred on Saturday in the friendly that Núñez's team won against Pachuca in Texas before returning to Buenos Aires, deepened the concern.
Because it is the
seventh loss
for
Martín Demichelis,
who was forced to look for replacements in the market.
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Recovery could take Lanzini about three weeks, meaning he would miss the first four rounds of the League Cup.
And his loss is added to those of
Gonzalo Martínez
, who suffered a torn cruciate ligament and will be out of the field for between seven and nine months, and Santiago Simón, who fractured his right hand and will have at least 60 days of rehabilitation. .
In turn,
Milton Casco
is still recovering from a meniscus injury.
To these players we must add those who will not be able to be in the first days of the League Cup, due to being affected by the Pre-Olympic.
They are
Claudio Echeverri
and
Pablo Solari
, who are with Argentina, and
Sebastián Boselli
, with Uruguay.
Photo: Diego Haliasz / AFP
Demichelis loses several players who could be starters
.
And Lanzini's injury, in that sense, was very bad news for the coach, who thought of Manu as an important piece within the main cast, given that the "10" started the two friendlies against Monterrey and Pachuca in the United States. Joined.
In this way, the coach will have to reinvent the team for the start of the tournament, which for River will be against Argentinos Juniors on Sunday at the Monumental.
And
Rodrigo Aliendro
would replace him.
Regardless of what he thinks for Sunday, Demichelis also wants to incorporate players.
The thing is that, with the absences that he has, in training this morning at the RiverCamp in Ezeiza, he will have 23 players available (including five youth players) for the competition: 18 field players plus 4 goalkeepers.
And we will have to see how Tomás Leiva evolves, who would only have trauma to his left knee.
At first, with the arrival of
Nicolás Fonseca
, it seemed that River was withdrawing from the transfer market or at most was going to reinforce itself with a center forward.
Now, not only is he still in search of a “9”, but he is also going for a left winger, an inside midfielder and a right back.
And of those three positions, there are two that are already signed up.
On the far left, they go for
Luciano Rodríguez
, Liverpool player from Uruguay, who was U20 world champion last year.
And the midfielder is
Rodrigo Villagra
, from Talleres.
And River will make an offer to the Córdoba club.