Coudet waits on Quintero to finalise his first River line-up | OneFootball

It is still too early to venture a guess about Eduardo Coudet’s first River, but there are already several signs. The intention is to maintain the core of players who played the last matches and also to wait for the progress of Juan Fernando Quintero. The Colombian will try to start training alongside his teammates next week and be available to the coach for his debut against Huracán.

When the Millonario steps onto the Ducó to face the Globo, Juanfer will have reached 18 days since his grade I muscle injury in his right biceps femoris. The fact that it was a minor tear shortens the recovery time, but even so, he would be cutting it close. If the coach sees him in good shape during the upcoming training sessions, he could return to the starting lineup.

Since Marcelo Gallardo’s successor was confirmed, Quintero’s name has started to generate some uncomfortable uncertainty. Throughout his career and in his introduction at Núñez, Coudet has always spoken about the intensity and physical aggressiveness of his teams. The Millonario’s number 10 has different qualities, contributing more through creativity and long-range shots than through physical deployment.

The truth is that at other clubs, Chacho has managed to adapt to players of this type, but we’ll have to see how the relationship between the two develops and what role he envisions for Juanfer. For now, the idea is to wait and see how he progresses over these six days leading up to the match with Huracán, and only then decide on the first step. If he doesn’t see him fit, Giuliano Galoppo could play in his place.

As for the rest of the team, for the visit to Parque Patricios, the coach will have been in charge for just eight days. Therefore, in principle, he wouldn’t make too many changes compared to the team that beat Banfield and then drew with Independiente Rivadavia (the only difference was the presence of Marcos Acuña in Mendoza).

The starting eleven Coudet would use in his debut against Huracán would be: Santiago Beltrán; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña; Aníbal Moreno; Juanfer Quintero or Giuliano Galoppo, Fausto Vera, Tomás Galván; Sebastián Driussi and Joaquín Freitas

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