Almada's debut in River aims to break the team's goalless streak in the Clausura and turn around the negative atmosphere. The signing of Thiago Almada, a star player who will make his debut against Argentinos, is not just a catalyst to convert the team's poor first-half performance into a glimmer of hope. The expectation is that Almada's arrival will complete the attacking circuit that has yet to yield fruit for River, even with the debuts of other premium signings.
The main problem for River is not its ability to dominate games, but its inability to generate from that dominance. In the first four matches of the Clausura, the team increased its possession average from 64.8% to 73.3% compared to the Apertura.
The Almada-Ángel Correa-Lucas Beltrán combination, which involved a $45.25 million investment, aims to harness the potential of the players brought in during the transfer market and turn it into a response to the team's goal drought. The records accumulated by Almada, Beltrán, Correa, and Rafael Santos Borré show different virtues and allow us to gauge the level of integration.
The challenge is to achieve the necessary synergy to get all the players to sync up and for the investment to yield results before the crisis worsens.
