Fabrizio Angileri, left flank of River, He was discharged on Thursday to play again, after a tear in his left hamstring that excluded him from the matches against Boca and Palmeiras, and he would be in a position to reappear on Saturday against Independiente, for the last date of the Diego Maradona Cup Championship Phase.
Angileri, who was injured against Arsenal on December 27 and recovered in 10 days, was able to train alongside the rest of the squad, ahead of the game against Rojo de Avellaneda at the Banfield stadium, which will be played on Saturday from 21.30.
Due to the injury, Angileri could not be in the superclassic against Boca (2-2 in the Bombonera), due to the local tournament, and neither in the first leg for the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, in which River lost 3-0 against Palmeiras. It will be necessary to see if Gallardo makes him enter against Rojo to give him minutes, or save it for the rematch against Palmeiras in Brazil, on Tuesday, January 12.
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For the match against Independiente, Gallardo nominated these 21 players:
- Archers: Franco Armani, Enrique Bologna and Germán Lux.
- Defenders: Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz, Fabrizio Angileri, Milton Casco, Javier Pinola and Gonzalo Montiel.
- Midfielders: Leonardo Ponzio, Bruno Zuculini, Santiago Sosa, Nicolás De la Cruz, Ignacio Fernández, Jorge Carrascal and Cristian Ferreira.
- Forwards: Rafael Santos Borré, Julián Álvarez, Matías Suárez, Federico Girotti and Benjamín Rollheiser.
For this match, Gallardo will not be able to count on Enzo Pérez, who must meet a suspension date after being sent off in the superclassic. His replacement would be Leonardo Ponzio, the team captain. The other doubts that the DT will solve go through the defense (it is between Robert Rojas and Paulo Díaz) and in the shuttle zone, if Colombian Jorge Carrascal loses the title after his expulsion on Tuesday by the Libertadores against Palmeiras.
River, with 8 points, needs a victory over Independiente, since a defeat or a draw will place it below in the standings for both Boca (8, with one more goal in goal difference) and Argentinos Juniors (7 points), who will face each other on Saturday at the same time, in case there is a winner in that decisive game in zone A. Only the first in the group will qualify for the final against the first in zone B, today led by Banfield .
Meanwhile, the hard fall at home against Palmeiras 3-0 leaves it very difficult for River (2018 champion and 2019 finalist) in the face of the rematch for the pass to the final, and therefore the local tournament (an achievement never achieved by the Gallardo coach) becomes more important to be able to continue in competition.
On the other hand, the campus was swabbed to detect Covid-19 infections and all the results were negative in the players, the coaching staff and the auxiliary personnel.
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