After Saturday’s defeat against Talleres de Córdoba, which left River with almost no chance of fighting for the Professional League title (it was nine points behind the leader Atlético Tucumán with 18 remaining in dispute), coach Marcelo Gallardo will make changes to the team that will play the quarterfinals of the Argentine Cup against Patronato de Paraná on Wednesday from 7:00 p.m. in La Rioja.
In addition to the returns of Enzo Perez by Bruno Zuculini Y Andrew Herrera by Hector David Martinez Gallardo will analyze a couple of tactical modifications in the midfield and in the offensive. Colombian Juan Fernando Quintero and center forward Lucas Beltrán could be part of the starting team after the poor performance of both Miguel Borja and Santiago Simón, who also has a sprained ankle.
For his part, the central defender Emanuel Mammana, who has a problem in his right adductor, will be tested and, if he does not arrive, he will leave his place to Jonatan Maidana or Héctor Martínez. A) Yes, a possible team to face Patronato would be with Centurión; Herrera, Mammana or Maidana or Martínez, Pinola, Casco; Enzo Pérez, Palavecino, Barco, Quintero; Solari and Beltran.
In this way, Gallardo will maintain the trend of permanent variants from one game to another. In the 25 games he has played so far this semester, he has never repeated a starting line-up in two consecutive games. But in addition to that instability in the armed, River could not win three games in a row and the Professional League remained a distant goal after losing to Talleres.
Now, he will seek the goal of the Argentine Cup to maintain the average of at least one title per season since Gallardo is here and be able to achieve a place in the Copa Libertadores 2023. In the event that he does not manage to win that competition, he must add points in the annual table to ensure his classification to the maximum international tournament. Currently it achieves it with 61 units, but it is threatened by Estudiantes and Huracán, which add up to 55.