River’s one x one: scores vs. Banfield, for the Professional League

El Millonario beat Taladro 3-1 at the Monumental, recovered from the elimination of the Copa Libertadores and dreams of fighting for the championship. Pablo Solari, in duplicate, and Miguel Ángel Borja scored the winning goals.

After the blow that meant the very tough elimination against Atlético Mineiro in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, River achieved a healing victory against Banfield at the Monumental stadium, for date 20 of the Professional League. With two by Pablo Solari and one by Miguel Ángel BorjaMillonario broke their scoring drought, defeated Taladro 3-1 and dreams of getting into the fight for the domestic tournament led by Vélez, nine points behind Núñez.

River’s one x one: the scores in the victory against Banfield

• Franco Armani – 6: They scored a penalty goal in a very low offensive production by Banfield. There wasn’t much to evaluate from the goalkeeper.
• Fabricio Bustos – 6: He complied and that was it. He went on the attack better in the second half.
• Leandro González Pirez – 6: He replaced Germán Pezzella well, out due to an overload in his left calf. He played with solvency.
• Paulo Díaz – 6: Solid top and bottom. The center backs worked more on developing from below than on defending, because there was great dominance throughout almost the entire game.
• Marcos Acuña – 6: Pure hierarchy. He doesn’t lose a ball. He always gives you the best.
• Rodrigo Villagra – 6: He took some positive steps to take over a vacant position throughout 2024. Be careful to cut progress. He always looked for easy passes for his teammates.
• Maximiliano Meza – 5: Was the weakest of the headlines. He still cannot impose his good conditions on River.
• Santiago Simón – 7: Very good game. He provided the assist for the first goal of the game. Touch and pass, look for the spaces well. Always very active.
• Claudio Echeverri – 7: Another good performer. Distinctive touches, dribbling and pasture. He missed the goal, but He played well and showed a lot of imbalance.
• Facundo Collidio – 7: Without Borja, his obligation was to move along the entire attacking front and explore the spaces well. He did it well. It was a headache for Banfield yeHe is the most regular player in these recent times of turbulence.
• Pablo Solari – 8: The figurea of the match with two goals and imbalance. He did not play like a typical winger, but rather as a forward, exploiting the space between center back and full back a lot. The millionaire forward was good: they understood each other and made a difference.

They entered

• Gonzalo Martínez – 6: He is very good, with desire, dribbling and passes that damage.
• Miguel Borja – 6: He returned to the goal, what he was looking for most. And he did it Borja style, bursting in with power and breaking Sanguinetti’s goal. In moments where his relationship with the fan is on the ups and downs, Hummingbird tries to regain confidence with work and goals .
• Adam Bareiro – 4: He entered and committed a child penalty that gave life to Banfield. River is costing him the world.
• (DT) Marcelo Gallardo – 7: The team had to recover after a hard blow, with several dates without converting and for that they decided to take out the scorer who came with wet powder. Borja to the bench, looking forward the team played more loosely and River flowed. He still cannot find the best position for Meza and it seems that Villagra, from third five, jumps to the starting position.