River Plate tried to achieve the historic feat before Atlético Mineiro after the very tough 3-0 in Brazil, but he couldn’t even score a goal and was eliminated from the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024. The match was possible watch live on Disney+ (only for South America).
As expected, River Plate came out with a full attack on the Atlético Mineiro field to be able to overcome the 3-0 they suffered in Belo Horizonte. Although during the first 25 minutes he was in charge of surrounding the Galo goal and finishing again and again, the clearest shot came from Pablo Solari, who stayed under the goal but when he tried to push it, it went high.
During the first hour the control of the ball was always the team of Marcelo Gallardo, but none of the members of the starting team managed to have enough aim to hurt the Brazilian team. The Millonario was also not helped by the line of five defenders planted by Gabriel Milito, who practically spent the entire first stage in their own field.
In the 36th minute came the first scare for River. Matías Kranevitter lost deep to Deyverson, but Franco Armani He cut the action just before the Brazilian gets his way to kill the series. Atlético Mineiro’s number 9 had the end of the mata-mata on its feet when there was a little more than 10 minutes left in the first stage.
In the last moments of the first act, River Plate diminished their performance after an overwhelming first 30 minutes over Atlético Mineiro’s approach and They had to settle for going into the break 0-0 and with three goals down in the series, just as everything ended in the first leg in Brazil.
At the birth of the second half, Gustavo Scarpa was centimeters away from sealing Mineiro’s fourth in the series. However, his good shot burst in the crossbar and on the rebound came the second great save by Franco Armani, who prevented Galo from 1-0 at the Monumental with an interception of Deyverson. Faced with River’s desperation, the visitor took better advantage of the spaces at the beginning of the final stage.
The clearest for River Plate was in the 60th minute, a few seconds after Claudio Echeverri I jumped onto the playing field with Franco Mastantuono and Rodrigo Villagra. El Diablito found himself in a one-on-one situation due to a good performance by Miguel Borja, but Éverson brought out all his hierarchy to avoid a 1-0 home lead.
As well as Marcelo Gallardo’s team felt the new wind due to the income of Echeverri and MastantuonoSomething similar happened with Pity Martínez and Adam Bareiro, that with new energy they pushed Atlético Mineiro back to their goal, a position that the Belo Horizonte team had tried to change in the first moments of the second half.
In any case, River was never able to break the zero despite the desire to score from the first second of the game. Time and again during the 90 minutes he ran into Mineiro’s defensive block and the great figure of the match: Éverson.
Marcelo Gallardo’s team was eliminated from the Copa Libertadores at the hands of Atlético Mineiro, which will play the second final of the competition in its history.
