River Plate received great news upon learning the negative result of Nicolás De la Cruz's swab test, who had shared the squad with several infected players and staff members in Uruguay, where a COVID-19 outbreak occurred.
The player was kept isolated until the result of this analysis was known and now, with this negative result, he will be able to rejoin training with his teammates, as reported by Javier Gil Navarro on SportsCenter.
He won't be available for the match against Banfield for the Copa Liga Profesional, but he will be able to be present in the CONMEBOL Libertadores against Athlético Paranaense.
With the best players reserved for the Libertadores, Gallardo would line up against Taladro with: Enrique Bologna; Milton Casco, Bruno Zuculini, Robert Rojas, Fabrizio Angileri; Jorge Carrascal, Julián Álvarez, Santiago Sosa, Leonardo Ponzio, Cristian Ferreira; Lucas Pratto and Lucas Beltrán.
River will visit Banfield this Friday, at 21:30 in Florencio Sola, and on Tuesday 24, they will visit Athetico Paranaense at 19:00 for the first leg of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.