📋 Maxi Salas included: River Plate squad to face Platense
River Plate will make its debut in the 2025 Clausura Tournament against Platense, the last Argentine football champion, at the Monumental Stadium. With new faces and several absences, Marcelo Gallardo has defined the list of called-up players for the official debut in this second half of the year.
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Maximiliano Salas, who signed his contract this Friday, was included in the list for the duel against Calamar. The former Racing Club player could make his debut as a starter.
On the other hand, the youth players Juan Cruz Meza (Maxi's brother), Santiago Lencina, and Bautista Dadín appear for the first time, who have impressed the coach in training.
Regarding the losses, Gonzalo Tapia (who would be leaving for São Paulo), Manuel Lanzini, Federico Gattoni, Santiago Simón, Matías Kranevitter, Matías Rojas, and Rodrigo Aliendro do not appear, who will not be considered for this second part of the year.
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Sebastián Driussi, Maximiliano Meza, and Giorgio Costantini also do not appear, who are recovering from different injuries. It is expected that they will be available again during the next matches.
In this context, the possible eleven of River to face Platense would be with Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella or Lucas Martínez Quarta, Paulo Díaz, Marcos Acuña; Kevin Castaño, Enzo Pérez, Giuliano Galoppo; Nacho Fernández; Maxi Salas or Miguel Borja and Facundo Colidio.
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