Tue May 20 23:00:00 UTC 2025: ## River Plate and Platense Set for Showdown: Kick-off Times and Confirmed Lineups

**Buenos Aires, [Date]** – River Plate is set to face Platense tonight in a highly anticipated match. Football fans across South America and beyond are eager to witness the clash between these two Argentinian teams.

The game will be broadcast on TNT Sports through the “pack fútbol” service. Kick-off times are as follows:

* **20:30:** Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay
* **19:30:** Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Miami (USA)

Confirmed lineups have been released, revealing the strategies each team will employ:

**Platense:** Juan Pablo Cozzani; Juan Ignacio Saborido, Ignacio Vázquez, Oscar Salomón, Tomás Silva; Rodrigo Herrera, Leonel Picco; Guido Mainero, Ronaldo Martínez, Vicente Taborda; Augusto Lotti. **Manager:** Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez.

**River Plate:** Franco Armani; Fabricio Bustos, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Paulo Díaz, Marcos Acuña; Nacho Fernández, Enzo Pérez, Kevin Castaño; Franco Mastantuono, Facundo Colidio, Sebastián Driussi. **Manager:** Marcelo Gallardo.

River Plate’s players have already arrived at El Monumental stadium, buoyed by the history and passion the stadium represents. The club posted “Nuestro lugar en el mundo” (Our place in the world) with an image of the stadium on social media ahead of the match.

Platense will be without four key players for tonight’s game.

This match marks another chapter in a long-standing rivalry. River Plate holds a significant advantage in the head-to-head record, with 96 wins compared to Platense’s 24, and 33 draws in their 153 previous encounters.

Their most recent match ended in a 1-1 draw, and a repeat of that scoreline tonight would send the game to a penalty shootout.

River Plate is renowned for its youth academy, which has produced world-class talents like Pablo Aimar, Matías Almeyda, and Franco Mastantuono, who is the latest in a long line of stars.

In other news, Claudio Echeverri, another product of River Plate’s academy, made his debut for Manchester City in the FA Cup final loss against Crystal Palace.

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