River Plate’s coach, Marcelo Gallardo, assured that Enzo Pérez will be part of the starting team that will host San Lorenzo at the Monumental on Sunday at 8.15pm, for the 16th. date of the Professional Soccer League, while praising the Argentine team that defeated Peru.
“Enzo Pérez is fine, he was able to recover, he trained without problems and he will be part of the team. He has a medical discharge to play, he felt good in training and the yellows are not going, for me the most important game is the next one ”, confirmed the technician at a press conference from the River Camp in Ezeiza.
As for the rest of the team that could play, Gallardo said that they will “wait until all the players who played in the national teams are there, to decide who will be available.” “We will see who replaces (Fabrizio) Angileri ( torn) that he is an important player or how we play to solve it, you also have to see how Paulo Díaz is doing, who was not injured but had a discomfort playing for his National Team, and I want to see how (Nicolás) De la Cruz is doing ”, added Gallardo .
In relation to the casualties that the team had, the driver explained that “the muscular injuries are there and one does not get caught by that negativity that can generate a bad streak. There can be many factors, and also that we train hard, but we are not going to change ”. Along the same lines, Gallardo praised his players: “I don’t like having to suffer to build the team, but the players overcome these difficulties. And despite all these injury and squad problems, we stayed in the fight. “
In answering about the competition in the tournament, Gallardo said that “the fight will depend on the behavior of the teams, there is a long way to go, but the advantage of seven points with the third did not seem like it was going to happen. That speaks of a certain irregularity, but it is not necessary to trust ”. Regarding the moment the squad lives, he said: “I can’t have the internal competition that I like because there are many casualties, that of (Matías) Suárez, that of (Brian) Romero, now Angileri, before it happened with Enzo Pérez, Maidana He hasn’t played for a long time. And that’s a disadvantage. “
Regarding the operation of the Argentine national team, he said that “the Selection generated a good energy with the soccer player and the public. The team works the way people like it, there are just enough times to enjoy this ”. “It was necessary to live this after so much anguish and we must take advantage of the moment to continue building after having achieved the America’s Cup. The team is increasingly solid and functioning well ”, he analyzed.
And he added: “We have to continue down this path, for the World Cup not long and we have to get to that stage well with the comfort to qualify, because I don’t think there will be any problems.”
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