River Plate vs. Fluminense will face this Tuesday at the Monumental stadium, starting at 5:15 pm. After defeating the Colombian Independiente Santa Fe in an unforgettable match with an improvised goalkeeper and without a substitute bench, the Argentine River Plate aspires to seal the ticket to the second round for Group D of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday against a Fluminense who will risk his life for keep running.
Match Schedule:
River Plate vs. Fluminense
Copa Libertadores
Date: 25 May 2021; Time: 5:15
Venue: Monumental stadium
River took an immense step towards the
classification by beating Santa Fe
(2-1) with an emergency formation, including the midfielder Enzo Pérez turned
goalkeeper, who got the advantage early and then knew how to keep it to add
three points with an epic air.
Now, the team led by Marcelo
Gallardo is excited about the improvement of the more than 20 players
infected with Covid that decimated the team last week. After receiving negative
results in the last tests, this Monday 13 players resumed training, ending with
mandatory isolation.
In any case, the squad will suffer at least a couple of
casualties as a result of the covid, because Chilean defender Paulo DÃaz was
detected myocarditis and the substitute goalkeeper Enrique Bologna suffers from
the beginning of pneumonia.
The 'millionaire' team needs at least a draw to ensure the
classification in Group D, which leads with 9 points, followed by Fluminense (8) and the Colombians
Junior (6) and Santa Fe (2), the latter already eliminated and without chances
of even going as third in his group to the South American Cup. A River classifies a draw or even a defeat if
Junior does not beat Santa Fe on the closing date.