Photo: Alfredo Luna.
River did not ratify at the local level what was exhibited in the previous contest in which it became champion and tonight, against Argentinos in La Paternal, it deservedly fell 3-2, showing both football and spiritual differences that marked the justification for the result of this inaugural match. Zone 1 of the Professional Soccer League Cup.
The background gave enough to hope that the game would be what it was, especially in the first half, when both wanted to lick the wounds caused by their respective eliminations in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores with a good start to the League Cup .
Photo: Alfredo Luna.
And like each of the last confrontations that took place between the two, in the case of River before with Marcelo Gallardo and now with Martín Demichelis, the proposals of both are mirrors that go through high pressure, the good transfer of the ball is not exempt from dynamics and the rival arc as a minimum and maximum target.
Of course, the defensive was not included within those items, and in that River, essentially in the air game, has insoluble problems that have been around for a long time.
Photo: Alfredo Luna.
And that was precisely what allowed those led by the applauded Gabriel Milito (he has a contract until December 2027 and there were rumors of Independiente’s interest in his return) to quickly reach the goal when not even a dozen minutes had been played. .
A cross from the right from a corner kick allowed defender Marco Di Césare, with a header, to convert his first professional goal by overtaking a static Milton Casco.
ARGENTINE GOAL!! Marco Di Cesare, detour in Minissale and 1-0 against River in La Paternal for the #CopaDeLaLiga.
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River took a couple of minutes to react, until it began to do so from the virtuous feet of Esequiel Barco.
And equality would then come from the air, when the synthesis of “two headers in the area end in a goal” was started by Miguel Borja, the Colombian who seems to take over the place left vacant by Lucas Beltrán when he went to Italy, by lowering a cross so that Agustín Palavecino completed the work with the ball in the Argentinos net through a “little dove”.
BORJA, PALAVECINO… RIVER’S GOAL! Shovel scores the partial 1-1 vs. Argentines in the #CopaDeLaLiga.
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These parity boosted the visitors, who went further, warning that Argentinos had not assimilated the impact, and less than a quarter of an hour later they were able to turn the score around with the participation, in different stadiums, of the aforementioned Borja first and Barco later.
The Colombian was committed a criminal foul by goalkeeper Alexis Martín Arias who, despite his evidence, should have been consulted with the VAR by referee Fernando Echenique. Barco took charge of the offense, but his shot was rejected by the local goalkeeper, although he was able to take the rebound and convert his team’s second goal.
RIVER GOAL! Barco scores on the closing of the PT for the comeback of the Millionaire: for now, everything 2-1 against Argentinos in La Paternal. He missed the penalty and captured the rebound!
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However, on this occasion, Argentinos was not paralyzed by the setback, but on the contrary served as an incentive to seek parity before the end of the initial stage, and they achieved it with another free kick that fell in the River area where Luciano Gondou, the newcomer from Sarmiento, from Junín, ultimately the figure on the pitch, connected with his right foot and incredibly unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box.
The shared responsibility for an uncoordinated defense when it comes to receiving a cross and the inaction of their goalkeeper, Franco Armani, who does not come out from under the three sticks, made, and still makes, River suffer this type of goals against.
FIRST GOAL FOR GONDOU IN ARGENTINOS JUNIORS! The reinforcement of the Bug scores before the end of the ST the 2-2 against River in a GREAT MATCH of the #CopaDeLaLiga.
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The second half started with a composition inversely proportional to that of the first, since the one who came out determined to exert high pressure was River, who initially distanced the locals from Armani’s goal, although they quickly found those paths through an effective counterattack .
Photo: Alfredo Luna.
And it was almost at the same time as in the initial period, since After 12 minutes, Francisco González Metilli dribbled forward inside the “millionaire” area and enabled Gondou to score the third goal, which would be the winner, with a touch inside the six-yard box without Armani being able to intervene.
RIVER GAVE IT AWAY AND GONDOU MARKED HIS DOUBLE FOR THE 3-2 AT LA PATERNAL!!
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The deepening of the states of mind and football were decisive for the remainder of the game, since the clean and jerk effect came from Brazil, where the eliminations of one and the other of the Libertadores were not the same.
It is that while River fell against Internacional, from Porto Alegre, on penalties, but leaving the feeling that with a little more it could have passed the round against Internacional, in Porto Alegre, Argentinos gave everything and more before Fluminense, in the stadium Maracana, where he fell undeservedly because he had made merits to reach the quarterfinals.
Photo: Alfredo Luna.
And then, and because of the above, it was that Argentinos beat River again in La Paternal after 10 years, leaving on the table that things don’t just happen in football, that one, the current champion, now without Libertadores or Argentine Cup, seems to have lost his way, while the other, the one who plays in a stadium called Diego Armando Maradona, imbued with his spirit, never stops moving forward.
2023-08-21 02:40:00
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