This Wednesday, River Plate will host Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in an interesting match corresponding to the second date of the Torneo Apertura of the Professional Football League, in which both teams will seek to continue on the path to victory.
The match, corresponding to Zone B, is scheduled for 20:00, will take place at the Monumental stadium, will be refereed by Pablo Dóvalo, who will be assisted from VAR by Germán Delfino, will have live coverage from the Noticias Argentina agency, and can be seen through TNT Sports Premium.
River had a good start in this Torneo Apertura, where they defeated Barracas Central 1-0 as visitors thanks to a goal from right-back Gonzalo Montiel. Although it was not the "Millionaire's" best performance, their head coach, Marcelo Gallardo, emphasized the importance of starting by adding three points and stated that "we are going to keep improving game by game".
Ahead of his next match, Gallardo would plan to repeat the initial XI that beat Barracas in the first date.
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, for its part, had a very solid start in the Apertura and achieved a 2-1 victory over Racing, a rival it dominated at all times. The "Wolf", coached by Fernando Zaniratto and coming from reaching the semifinals in the 2025 Torneo Clausura, wants to be one of the main protagonists in Argentine football this year.
Possible lineups and other match details
Torneo Apertura Zone B – date 2 River – Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Stadium: Monumental Referee: Pablo Dóvalo VAR: Germán Delfino Time: 20:00 TV: TNT Sports Premium
River: Santiago Beltrán; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Matías Viña; Fausto Vera, Aníbal Moreno, Tomás Galván; Juan Fernando Quintero; Sebastián Driussi and Facundo Colidio. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP): Nelson Insfrán; Pedro Silva Torrejón, Enzo Martínez, Renzo Giampaoli, Renzo Steimbach; Augusto Max, Nicolás Barros Schelotto; Manuel Panaro, Ignacio Fernández, Franco Torres; Marcelo Torres. Coach: Fernando Zaniratto.
