River v San Martín de San Juan: all you need to know | OneFootball

River Plate, with the possible return of Colombian Miguel Borja to the starting lineup, and San Martin (SJ) will face off in the Professional Football League this Sunday, August 31. The match will be played at 7:15 pm and will be broadcast on TNT Sports.

After qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Argentina Cup and the Libertadores Cup in recent weeks via penalties, River will seek to maintain momentum and raise its level of play when it hosts San Martin from San Juan this Sunday at 7.15 pm at the Monumental. Below are the details you need to know about the match, which will be refereed by Darío Herrera.

Looking ahead to the match for the 7th round of the Clausura Tournament, Marcelo Gallardo's idea is to field the best he has. Of course, given that the match against Union required a great physical effort and was played just two days ago, it is most likely that he will resort to rotation in some positions on the field. Facundo Colidio and Sebastián Driussi, who did not concentrate, will not be there.

For the Millonario, the match against the San Juaninos is presented as the closure of a draining series from which it emerged very well, especially in results. A good result before the two-week break for the double round of South American Qualifiers would allow it to approach the preparation for the clashes with Palmeiras with greater tranquility.

At first, the Doll would give rest to Enzo Pérez and Ignacio Fernández, the oldest outfield players in the squad; to Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel, the fullbacks who will go with the Argentina National Team; and probably to Giuliano Galoppo, who comes from three consecutive starts.

In addition, it remains to be seen what he decides about the forward line. Without Driussi or Colidio, Maximiliano Salas would be a starter alongside Miguel Borja and Juanfer Quintero would also start. The other offensive alternatives that Gallardo has are the youngsters. On the other hand, after a disastrous Opening Tournament that left it at the bottom of the average table, San Martin de San Juan found some regularity in the Clausura. Currently in qualifying positions for the round of 16, the team led by Leandro Atilio "Pipi" Romagnoli comes from defeating Gimnasia de La Plata and has 8 points in 6 dates.

Although it is still very committed to relegation, in the Santo there are renewed airs and the victory at the Ingeniero Hilaro Sánchez Stadium in San Juan left good feelings. Therefore, Pipi will repeat the same 11 and will seek to make a historic upset at the Monumental, a stage where the San Juan team has only won once in its history.

The probable formation of River

Franco Armani; Fabricio Bustos, Paulo Díaz or Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Milton Casco; Juan Cruz Meza or Kevin Castaño, Juan Carlos Portillo, Matías Galarza; Juan Fernando Quintero, Miguel Ángel Borja and Maxi Salas. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.

The probable formation of San Martín (SJ)

Matías Borgogno; Ayrton Portillo, Rodrigo Cáseres, Tomás Lecanda, Lucas Diarte; Santiago Salle, Pablo Garcia, Nicolás Watson, Marco Iacobellis; Sebastián Gonzalez; Ignacio Maestro Puch. DT: Leandro Romagnoli.

The details of River vs. San Martín (SJ), for the Clausura Tournament Time: 7.15 pm. TV: TNT Sports.

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