Coudet sends five first-team players to River’s reserves for more game time | OneFootball

While River is finalizing details to face Estudiantes de Río Cuarto next Sunday from 17:14 in Córdoba, Eduardo Coudet and Marcelo Escudero have decided to move Ezequiel Centurión, Agustín Ruberto, Cristian Jaime, Facundo González, and Ulíses Giménez from the professional squad down to the Reserve team, which will face Atlético Tucumán this Thursday at 20:00 in Ezeiza.

Looking ahead to the clash against Atlético Tucumán, for the fifth round of the Torneo Proyección, Pichi Escudero will have five players who were sent down by Coudet with the aim of giving them playing time due to the lack of opportunities in the First Team.

Ezequiel Centurión, who already played for the Reserve in the first round against Talleres when he had recovered from the fracture in his left wrist that kept him out of preseason, will return to play in the Reserve after overcoming a new injury. On February 20th, he suffered a tear in his left pectineus muscle that kept him off the field for three weeks. He was a substitute against Huracán and Sarmiento, in Coudet’s first two matches in charge of River, and now he will get more minutes against the Decano at River Camp.

A similar case for Ulíses Giménez, who has not yet played with the first team this year, but has already received call-ups to the First Team with Chacho as coach. Facundo González, who was a starter in Gallardo’s last match, has not been called up since the new coach arrived and will also look to stand out in the Reserve to earn another call-up.

Cristian Jaime and Agustín Ruberto are others who were frequently called up by Gallardo, but who have not yet received the call from Coudet, who has opted for Santiago Lencina and Joaquín Freitas in their positions.

With six points, the result of two wins and two losses, River sits tenth in Zone A of the Torneo Proyección. Tonight, they will host an Atlético Tucumán side that is second with ten points, just behind Talleres, who have the same points but a better goal difference. It is worth noting that in the Reserve championship, only the top four from each group qualify, not the top eight as in the First Division.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.