Facing a momentous duel, in which
River
will play for qualification to the quarterfinals of the
League Cup
,
Martín Demichelis
will lose a very important player for the team.
Miguel Borja
will not be in Córdoba and will be left out of the match that Núñez's team will play against
Instituto
this Monday from 8 p.m.
The Colombian finished the match against Nacional de Montevideo on Thursday night with
muscle fatigue
, but as the days went by it did not go away, so
he could not train well
and the team's medical staff assessed that the ailment was a little older.
That is why in the report they indicated that
Borja has an overload in his right hamstring
, which is why he was not included in the list of footballers who traveled to
La Docta
. "It is not ruled out that studies will be carried out, although the injury does not seem serious," a source from the coaching staff told
Clarín
.
In this way, in a defining moment,
Demichelis loses a key piece
. To the scorer of his team. That in 2024 he is intractable and with a devastating goal average:
in 16 games played, he scored 13 goals
, that is, 0.81%. At the same time,
he is the top scorer in the League Cup,
with 12 goals, one more than
Adrián "Maravilla" Martínez
, from Racing.
It is not the first time that Borja has been injured this semester.
In the match against Atlético Tucumán, on February 14, he had suffered a micro-tear in the left adductor, from which he recovered very quickly, since 11 days later he went to the bench in the Superclásico and entered in the second half. And after his rehabilitation he once again contributed his firepower to the River Plate attack.
Although Borja did not score against Nacional on Thursday, he had just given River the victory against Rosario Central, scoring two goals for Núñez's team to turn the match around. That victory, after all, was key for the
Millionaire
to reach the last date of the League Cup with peace of mind. With just one point in Alta Córdoba, they will be able to get into the
playoffs
.
What Demichelis regrets most in this case is that he will not be able to repeat the formation
, something he had in mind after his team's good performance on Thursday at the Monumental in the victory over Nacional. Therefore, Micho will continue without reiterating the eleven players from one game to the next, something he has not done so far in 2024.
Borja's replacement, as this newspaper was able to find out, would be Facundo Colidio
. The former Tigre has just sealed the victory against Nacional, by scoring the second goal, with a header, at the end of the game. He would then team up again with Pablo Solari, as happened in the final for the Champions Trophy that River beat Rosario Central by 2 to 0 in Santiago del Estero, on December 22 of last year.
It is a good opportunity to see if Borja can have a replacement on the squad, since it is one of the issues that concern River's coaching staff for the future, so they do not rule out bringing another "9" in the next transfer market. .