The strategist left Miguel Ángel as a substitute and entered the second half to play with Salomón.
River Plate ended a week in which Martín Demichelis tried with a double nine with Miguel Ángel Borja and Salomón Rondón playing together against Banfield in the Champions Trophy that served with a goal from the Colombian. However, at the weekend, he opted to leave Miguel as a substitute and try Salomón from the start.
Salomón Rondón played the 90 minutes against Arsenal de Sarandí, while Miguel Ángel Borja came on after 61 minutes for Lucas Beltrán but the reality is that it was of no use to Martín Demichelis in a 1-2 defeat at home. José Paradela had opened the game early and Lautaro Guzmán and Luis Leal scored for the visit.
Miguel Ángel Borja earned praise in Argentina during the week for his performance in the Argentine Champions Trophy when he scored a goal with a rifle in the semifinal and also made good moves during the time he managed to add on the field of play. For his part, Salomón Rondón has not yet managed to break the nets in Argentina, something that has cost him in these first games.
Salomón Rondón also said during the week that it was very good to share the attack with Miguel Ángel Borja and highlighted the Colombian. However, the one who did speak clearly was Martín Demichelis after a new game in which both forwards were together for the last half hour. In the press conference after the defeat, the former Bayern Munich defender referred, “Football has these things. We made mistakes. An unfortunate play from the penalty and, from there, we left the game we had been doing. We made errors of those that have to be learned, you have to make a great self-criticism, keep working. Also thank the people a lot and apologize for this unexpected defeat. It gives us a blow to analyze and correct”.
Later, he explained that the pairing of Salomón Rondón and Miguel Ángel Borja was not as expected, “Lucas Beltrán’s departure was due to the intention of looking for an alternative in attack. But it did not go well with the Miguel Borja-Salomón Rondón pairing. What also happened was that Lucas had put a lot of physical wear on him. The same thing happened with Santiago Simón, who had not played since October, felt the wear and tear on Wednesday against Banfield and I understood that Enzo Pérez had to be surrounded by Nicolás De La Cruz and Agustín Palavecino. That’s why the change. But it went wrong.”
