With no Gallardo on the bench, River name their starting XI for tonight | OneFootball

River Plate visits Independiente Rivadavia this Monday from 9:30 PM at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, for matchday 8 of the Torneo Apertura. The team will be led on an interim basis by Marcelo Escudero after the departure of Marcelo Gallardo.

Probable lineup for Ind. Rivadavia: Nicolás Bolcato; Alejo Osella, Iván Villalba, Leonard Costa, Sheyko Studer, Juan Manuel Elordi; José Florentín, Gonzalo Ríos, Matías Fernández; Fabrizio Sartori and Sebastián Villa.

River lineup: Santiago Beltrán; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña; Fausto Vera, Aníbal Moreno; Ian Subiabre, Joaquín Freitas, Tomás Galván; Sebastián Driussi.

Ahead of the match, Germán Pezzella spoke about Gallardo's departure and assured that it was a “strictly sporting” decision. The defender admitted that the squad was not up to the task and called for unity to turn things around.

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