After the 1-0 victory against Unión on the ninth date of the 2023 Professional League of Argentine soccer, which keeps it as the only leader of the local competition, River Plate must now focus on what will be the debut in the group stage of the Libertadores Cup 2023.
Martín Demichelis’ “Millionaire” will have to travel to La Paz, Bolivia, to face The Strongest, in what will be the first matchup in Group D that also includes Sporting Cristal from Peru and Fluminense from Brazil. We review the previous one.
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“We have our way, tomorrow we start, respecting like all the rivals. We know that it is a great rival, but we are The Strongest, a great team”DT Ismael Rescalvo, entrenador The Strongest pic.twitter.com/MD9zVRP71O
— Julio Aaron Mollinedo (@AaronMollinedo) April 3, 2023
The Bolivian team is first in the local league, with five wins and one draw. Led by Ismael Rescalvo, they have just drawn with Real Santa Cruz in their last match and want to start off on the right foot by asserting the home team, knowing that it is their most lethal weapon.
River will play against The Strongest as it happened in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2016. In Bolivia it was 1-1 (goal by Mora) and in the Monumental it was 6-0 in favor of the millionaire (goals by D’Alessandro, Nacho Fernández x2, Mayada, Mammana and Alario). pic.twitter.com/hittwdq41f
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Martín Demichelis intends to repeat the eleven that they beat Unión de Santa Fe with a goal from Ignacio Fernández. The only doubt at this time is Nicolás de la Cruz, who was replaced on Friday due to a knee problem. If he does not arrive, Agustín Palavecino will play.
Ciudad: Miraflores, La Paz, Bolivia.
Estadio: Hernando Siles.
Date: Tuesday April 4.
Time: 7:00 p.m. in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, 6:00 p.m. in Bolivia and Venezuela, and 5:00 p.m. in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela.
#River | ??? Jesús Valenzuela is the designated referee for the debut against The Strongest by #Liberators. pic.twitter.com/h7R4kVAeac
— River Play Digital (@RiverPlay_OK) April 1, 2023
The match can be seen live on Fox Sports. To get it, you will need to have the cable.
The Strongest: William Viscarra; Charles Rock, Adrian Jusino, Gonzalo Castillo; Jaime Arrascaita, Alvaro Quiroga, Luciano Ursino, Jeyson Chura; Henry Triverio, Jose Flowers and Junior Arias.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Milton Helmet, Leandro Gonzalez, Paulo Diaz, Enzo Diaz; Rodrigo Aliendro, Enzo Perez, Ignacio Fernandez; Jose Paradela, Nicholas De la Cruz or Augustine Palavecino and Lucas Beltran.
The River Plate team will suffer more than necessary and will win a draw: it will be an entertaining 2-2 for the neutral fan, with a double from Triverio for the locals, while Paradela and Beltrán will score
