River Plate fell tonight 4-3 on penalties against the Chilean Union of La Calerain a friendly match that marked the beginning of Martin Demichelis as the coach of the ‘millionaire’ team.
At the ‘La Pedrera’ stadium in villa mercedes, saint louis, river drew goalless against his trans-Andean rival, in a rivalry marked by serious injuries suffered by Martin Kranevitter on the day that marked his return to the River Plate team.
After 8 minutes of play, the former player of striped from Monterey suffered a hard tackle from behind on his right ankle by Cesar Perez.
The 29-year-old central midfielder, at the beginning of his second cycle in the ‘Millionaire’, left the field of play in tears and the results of the studies are awaited to determine the severity of the injury.
river has confirmed the return of ‘Colo’ on December 12 under the slogan “back home”, to mark the return of the young man who emerged from the lower ranks, who emigrated in 2015 to Atletico Madrid.
This rough game suggested by the visit of the Chilean team has already developed what the Argentine coach taught Gerardo Ameli finished with ten players due to the dismissal in the 61st minute of the Argentine Alejo Antief.
In the penalty shootout, the young ‘millionaire’ goalkeeper Ezekiel Centurion -replaced the World Cup champion of the ‘Albiceleste’: Franco Armani– Patricio Flores and Abel Moreno had their shots blocked, while José Paradela and Esequiel Barco scored. while, Fernando Otarola contains shots of Fabián Londoño Bedoya, Franco Alfonso and Lucas Beltránto determine the success of Union of La Calera.
This rivalry marked the kickoff of the season Demichelis on the River, after eight and a half years of Marcelo Gallardo as a coach in the club’s most successful cycle.
The ‘Millionaire’ pre-season will continue in the United States where he plans to play another three friendlies: on January 10 against Monterey in Austin, four days later against Millonario de Bogotá in Miami and on January 17 against Vasco da Gama in Orlando.
Source: La Verdad
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