University of Chile vs River Plate - lineups
University of Chile: De Paul; Vilches, Rafael Vaz, Jara; Saavedra, Lorenzo Reyes, Pizarro, Schultz; Araos, Arancibia, Isaac Díaz.
River Plate: Lux; Moreira, Martínez Quarta, Lollo, Casco; Zuculini, Exequiel Palacios, Ariel Rojas, De La Cruz; Auzqui, Rafael Borré.
University of Chile vs River Plate faced each other in a match for the Copa Cono Sur on Saturday, March 24 at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile. The 'Millonario' team won 3-0.
Marcelo Gallardo had already announced that he would play this match with a B team and he fulfilled it. Even so, he left Chile defeating the team from Mapochino.
52 minutes into the game, Nicolás De la Cruz scored the first goal for the 'Millonarios' from a penalty kick after a foul by goalkeeper Fernando De Paul on the great figure of the match, Colombian Rafael Santos Borré.
The students went all out in search of the equalizer, leaving spaces in defense, which were taken advantage of by Santos Borré who scored the definitive 3-0 at 84' and 87' for the players from Chile who won the Copa Cono Sur.
River Plate will take advantage of the pause in the Argentine Superleague for the FIFA friendly matches to test their alternative team this Saturday in a friendly match against the University of Chile in that country.
Based on what was seen in Thursday's practice, the starting eleven would be Germán Lux; Jorge Moreira, Luciano Lollo, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Milton Casco; Nicolás De La Cruz, Bruno Zuculini, Exequiel Palacios, Ariel Rojas; Carlos Auzqui and Rafael Borré.
The coach of the Millonario, Marcelo Gallardo, also announced the list of players called up, in which none of the usual starters appear.
The team will depart on Friday afternoon for Chile, where they will play the Copa Cono Sur friendly match against the University of Chile at 20:00 local time (23:00 GMT).
River Plate is sixteenth in the Argentine Superleague with 26 points, 21 points behind the leader, Boca Juniors.
On March 14, they were crowned champions of the Argentine Super Cup by defeating Boca Juniors 0-2.
In addition, they are in the round of 32 of the Argentine Cup and drew 2-2 with Flamengo in the first matchday of Group 4 of the Copa Libertadores.