Fausto Vera's replacement, Chacho's big doubt for Boca clash | OneFootball

El Millonario will host El Xeneize next Sunday starting at 5 p.m. at a Monumental Stadium that will have more than 85,000 spectators.

There is less and less time until a new Superclásico in Argentine football. Next Sunday, from 5 p.m., River will host Boca at the Monumental for the fifteenth round of the Apertura Tournament. Both teams arrive with key injury absences, and the coaches must adapt to this situation.

Eduardo Coudet received two terrible pieces of news last Thursday when it was confirmed that Fausto Vera and Juanfer Quintero will not be available after going off injured last Wednesday in the match against Carabobo in the Copa Sudamericana.

How could River line up against Boca?

Given this situation, Coudet has to reinvent himself and is therefore considering alternatives to replace Vera in midfield, since he is one of the usual starters. Although it is not confirmed, River’s starting eleven against Boca would be Santiago Beltrán; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña; Kevin Castaño, Aníbal Moreno, Tomás Galván, Kendry Páez; Facundo Colidio and Sebastián Driussi.

The doubt lies in who will partner Moreno in the middle of the pitch. Although everything indicates that Coudet would go with Kevin Castaño, there is also the possibility that Juan Cruz Meza could take that spot, as he was tested in training as a central midfielder.

The injury absences Coudet will have

It is not only Fausto Vera and Juanfer Quintero who will miss the Superclásico through injury. Despite having been medically cleared, everything indicates that Franco Armani and Maximiliano Meza will also not be available to Chacho because they still lack match fitness. The other player who will be absent is Juan Carlos Portillo, who tore his ligaments in February.

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