River Plate beat Gimnasia 1-0 in the match that closes Date 9 of the Professional League, with an interesting commitment in the Antonio Vespucio Liberti Stadium. El Millonario, with an irregular walk so far in the tournament, seeks to recover before his public against El Lobo, who is excited about fighting for the title. The referee is Yael Falcón Pérez. Televisa TNT Sports.
With a design that prioritized the good footing and versatility of the midfield players, the Millionaire sought to impose conditions with high pressure, forcing his rival to skip lines. However, the visit managed in the first few minutes to stay away from his area, with the thoroughness and criteria that Alemán brings.
From the first quarter of an hour, from the driving of Palavecino, with a link mind, the homeowner found the ways to hurt. And he generated a handful of risk occasions, transforming Rodrigo Rey into a figure.
At 15, a poisonous shot by the former Platense was rejected by the goalkeeper. At 18, after a bad start by former Godoy Cruz, Aliendro tried and saved a defender. At 19, again the goalkeeper took a shot from Zuculini to the corner. And, immediately afterwards, a header from Elías Gómez bounced off the crossbar.
Lucas Beltrán’s goal that put River Plate ahead
River Plate continued with its superiority and warned again, in this case with a shot from Santiago Simon that went astray. While very little on the Gymnastics side that he just warned at 33 minutes with a shot from Ramon Sosa that diverted Franco Armani.
However, when it seemed that they were going to go to rest without opening the scoring, at 42 minutes the millionaire goal came after a center that fell short for Palavecino, cleared a defender and Lucas Beltran He defined a cross and put Núñez’s team ahead.
The Millionaire, after being left out of the Copa Libertadores in the round of 16, points all its cannons at the domestic level and needs to react as soon as possible if it wants to fight at the top of the standings. Despite the victory against Barracas Central in the Argentine Cup, those directed by Marcelo Gallardo seem not to find regularity so far this semester.
After three winless games in the First Division competition, those of Núñez appear in the 19th position with only 9 units, 10 less than the leaders Atlético Tucumán and Argentinos Juniors. It is also vital for them to add to climb places in the Annual Table, which provides tickets to the international competitions of the next season. With a total of 38 today he is in the Copa Sudamericana zone, one away from getting into Libertadores.
Given this scenario, the Doll arranged the return of Héctor David Martínez, who was absent against Vélez as a result of a family problem. And he is accompanied by Emmanuel Mammana, who takes the place of Jonatan Maidana. Milton Casco and Elías Gómez close the last line
In midfield, Bruno Zuculini is the recovery midfielder since Enzo Pérez has not yet been discharged (tear in the right hamstring). It also stands out the return of Rodrigo Allendrowho quickly accommodated the demands of the DT and arrived to replace the important departure of Enzo Fernández to Benfica de Portugal.
Another of the main novelties of the bench of the substitute is that the last two additions to the squad appear: the Colombian striker Miguel Borja (arrived to be the replacement for Julián Álvarez, new signing of Manchester City) and the young Pablo Solari, who arrived from Colo Chilean Colo.
The Lobo, After four wins in a row, they fell to Atlético Tucumán and equalized in Colón, which caused them to go down a few steps. With 15 points, he appears in eighth place, just four points behind the Professional League.
Formations:
River: Franco Armani; Milton Hull, Emmanuel Mammana, Hector David Martinez, Elijah Gomez; Bruno Zuculini, Rodrigo Aliendro; James Simon, Augustine Palavecino, Nicholas De La Cruz; and Lucas Beltran. DT: Marcel Gallardo.
Gym: Rodrigo King; Guillermo Enrique, Leonardo Morales, Germán Guiffrey, Nicolás Colazo; German Brahian, Agustín Cardozo, Emanuel Cecchini, Ramón Sosa; Eric Ramirez and Franco Soldano. DT: Nestor Gorosito.
Estadio: Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Monumental)
Referee: Yael Falcon Perez
Television: TNT Sports
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