River Plate will host Banfield in the seventh round of Zone B of the Argentine football league (Torneo Apertura) on Thursday. The match will take place at the Monumental stadium, starting at 19:30 local time. It will be broadcast by TNT Sports Premium and Agencia Noticias Argentina.
This will be the final match for head coach Marcelo Gallardo, who announced his departure after this game. River is going through a difficult period, having lost three consecutive matches and accumulating only seven points, placing the team in 10th place in the zone that does not qualify for the playoffs. Previously, the team drew with Rosario Central, extending their winless streak to four matches.
It is expected that fans will express their dissatisfaction with the players' performance and the management, while also recognizing a figure like Gallardo, the most successful coach in the club's history. Meanwhile, Banfield is showing good form, having thrashed Newell's Old Boys 3-0 in the last round to climb to 8th place in Zone B with seven points, the same as River.
Possible team formations:
River Plate: Santiago Beltrán; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Paulo Díaz, Marcos Acuña; Fausto Vera, Aníbal Moreno, Tomás Galván; Joaquín Freitas; Sebastián Driussi and Facundo Colidio or Maximiliano Salas.
Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Banfield: Facundo Sanguinetti; Santiago López, Danilo Arboleda, Nicolás Meriano, Ignacio Abraham; Ignacio Pais, Lautaro Villegas, Lautaro Gómez, Lisandro Piñeiro; Mauro Méndez and Tiziano Perrotta.
Coach: Pedro Troglio.
