In a morning of pure cycling to the River campus between the mountains and the lakes that make up the imposing landscape of San Martín de los Andes, Marcelo Gallardo pedaled with a smile from ear to ear. Is that the DT started the day with three good news: on the one hand, Javier Pinola and Agustín Palavecino are ready to join the preseason. And in turn, the PCR of Paulo Díaz was negative and generated tranquility.
The center-back and the midfielder were two of the six players who could not start the week in the South because of Covid (Petroli, Ferreira, Auzqui and De la Cruz complete the list) and from the club they confirmed that this Tuesday, in the hours of the late, they will join the delegation.
Pinola had been infected during his vacations and remained isolated at his home. I recover and without symptoms, the last studies that were carried out gave him good and he received the approval of the medical body to return to work. In this way, the 38-year-old central marker will also be able to sign its continuity for another year after not being able to be at the Monumental on Sunday, the day on which a string of renovations were recorded.
On the other hand, after his vacation in New York, where he took time to share a special meeting with two River fans, Palavecino had to isolate himself due to being close contact. After meeting the new deadline set by the Ministry of Health, he will start working at the Mountain Resort Challenge for 2022 in which he will be a key player in the midfield and will seek to fulfill his dream of winning the Copa Libertadores.
What happened to Paulo Díaz?
The Chilean defender missed the double day of training on Tuesday due to a general malaise (body aches and fever) that was associated with a side effect of the Covid vaccine that was applied (second dose of Astrazeneca) before traveling to the South , like several of his companions.
In any case, the medical body carried out an antigen test (it was negative) and the PCR confirmed that Díaz does not have Covid. As a precaution, he did not participate in the general activity with the rest of the squad and moved differently with Matías Suárez and Felipe Peña. Meanwhile, the kinesiologist Marcos Loyarte (positive) remains isolated.
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