Demichelis recovers another soldier: the River footballer who returned to training normally after six months

“If there is something in which I do not like to change much, it is in the two central defenders, but we have been touched, injured and sent off. I had to change out of necessity”. With that phrase, Martín Demichelis painted a few weeks ago what the panorama of River is in the last line practically since he began his cycle. It is that the DT of the Greatest suffered constant losses in the defense and very rarely could repeat a quartet that comes out of memory. Even he had to improvise Enzo Díaz, a left-back by nature, to cover some holes in the central defense.

The situation began to change in recent days. paulo diazwho had just suffered arthralgia in his right ankle, was able to return and add a few minutes in the last game against Fluminense. Emanuel Mammanawho had been suffering from synovitis, seems to have left the injury behind and began to work alongside his colleagues. Enzo Diazwith a sprained knee, is in his last stage of recovery and if he does not arrive in condition for the next match against Taladro, he could return for the next game. Little by little, places are being released in the infirmary.

Beyond the panorama of all the names mentioned, there is another footballer who is a weakness for Martín Demichelis and who received excellent news in training this Friday morning. Tomás Lecanda, a defender who emerged from the millionaire seedbed, received a medical discharge and returned to work normally, along with his colleagues. The defender had started doing some work with the ball a few weeks ago, but he continued with the differentiated tasks. Today was the big day for the young center back, who is already available to DT when he needs it.

Tomás Lecanda is one of the two players who came from a loan in another club and that Martín Demichelis insistently asked for them to stay in River (The other is Tomás Castro Ponce). Micho took him to the first stage of the preseason in San Luis, but a few days later he suffered a ligament injury that forced him to change his plans. Tomy returned to Buenos Aires and underwent surgery at the end of the year. Just over six months later, he is back to repay DT all the trust he placed in him.