River Plate’s coach, Marcelo Gallardo, already has the recovered Emanuel Mammana and is waiting for Pablo Solari ahead of the Superclásico against Boca, on the 18th date. of the Professional League, on Sunday at the Bombonera.
The defender, who left at halftime against Barracas on Sunday due to an overload in the right posterior muscle, will seek to add his tenth consecutive game as a starter as the defense’s first central marker.
As for the team’s top scorer, who has a slight tear in the quadratus femoris muscle, he will be tested and his call-up will depend on how he feels, as it is a very unusual injury for a footballer.
In training on Thursday at the Ezeiza venue, both players will participate in some demanding work with the ball that will give Gallardo the opportunity to decide on their calls.
As for Franco Armani, it was already confirmed over the weekend by the coach, who took care of him in the match against Barracas due to the tear he suffered in the left pectineus in the adductor area against Defense and Justice for the Argentine Cup.
With this panorama, the team will be defined between Thursday and Friday but doubts remain on the right side due to the return of Andrés Herrera, in the middle with Rodrigo Aliendro and Juan Fernando Quintero; and above there are doubts with the two forwards.
For now they have a place in the Armani and Enzo Pérez team, who will return to the starting lineup; Paulo Díaz, Milton Casco and Nicolás de la Cruz; and Mammana, who has been playing as the first central marker for 10 games.
If Herrera enters on the right side, Casco will return to the left instead of Elías Gómez, who was the defense that played against Defense and Justice in the first 45 minutes, until the injury of the former San Lorenzo player.
If Solari plays, that could free up Esequiel Barco to be an alternative along with Agustín Palavecino in the midfield, and the offensive duo with Lucas Beltrán and the same 4-1-3-2 tactical system will be maintained.
On the other hand, if Solari is ruled out, the attacking variants have Miguel Borja, Matías Suárez himself – who did not play as a starter throughout the semester – and the aforementioned Barco, who has already played as a striker and as a winger.
Solari, who has just been a starter in the last six games and with seven goals is the team’s top scorer this semester, was only absent since joining one date -due to flu- in which River lost to Sarmiento at the Monumental.
In the same way that happened on all dates of the semester, coach Gallardo will not be able to repeat the team in two consecutive games, due to injuries and irregular performances.
With this scenario, the squad returned to work at the Ezeiza campus, where they will train all week to be concentrated on Saturday afternoon at the Monumental stadium, after the set piece routine.