More than 80,000 millionaires took advantage of Monumental, vibrated and enjoyed. This is new river Marcelo Gallardo gave them a win with sheer force, far from flashy, which was enough to seal their place in the quarterfinals of the coveted competition, the Libertadores Cup.
“We are working urgently. This series is very difficult,” said Gallardo after the 2-1 reconfirmation of the 1-0 first leg. And it is true. Manika has almost no time to work. He takes over and finds himself in this head-to-head duel against Talleres, a rival that has lost key players but is always competitive. And River got through it fair and square. He doesn’t have much left, but he deserves it.
Gallardo’s team made the most of the moments very well. In the first leg, they took advantage of the last half-hour in which Talleres played with one less player due to an unnecessary dismissal and won a game with a stop ball. On the return, last night, almost half an hour later, when almost nothing interesting happened, they began to round their classification, taking advantage of the mistake of the Cordoba team at the beginning that led to the meaning of their scorer, Miguel. Borja, after Rodrigo Aliendro’s delicious cue.
Then, at the beginning of the second half, in a crucial moment, out of pure opportunism and surprise, Santiago Simón appeared to anticipate and finish a beautiful ball given to him by one of the reinforcements, Maximiliano Meza. With a three-goal difference in the overall result, the story was sealed. Federico Girotti’s discount turned out to be a simple anecdote.
Gallardo assembled the eleven with one true forward: Borja. Behind him he placed Franco Mastantuono and Maxi Meza, all supported by three other midfielders: Simón, Matías Kravenitter and Aliendro. Behind them are two more additions: Fabricio Bustos and Germán Pezzella. The former Sevilla Marcos Acuña, of course, did not even go to the bank: he signed his arrival just a few hours ago. Plus, you need a rhythm.
James Rodríguez, the great unknown
River needs to win to pass and adds time to thinking about Gallardo’s search for an identity and the team he wants. Now he has a month until the quarterfinal duels against Colo Colo of Chile. Will there be room for the arrival of a resonant reinforcement? Is it James Rodríguez? Should we believe the Doll’s too short “no”? It looks like it will be the same. Maybe later it will be known.
TECHNICAL SHEET
2 – River Plate: Franco Armani Fabricio Bustos, Germán Pezzella, Paulo Díaz, Enzo Díaz; Santiago Simón (m.63, Claudio Echeverri), Matías Kranevitter (m.75, Ignacio Fernández), Rodrigo Aliendro (m.46, Rodrigo Villagra), Maximiliano Meza, Franco Mastantuono (m.63, Facundo Colidio); Miguel Borja
1 – Córdoba Workshops: Guido Herrera; Gastón Benavidez, Matías Catalán, Juan Portillo, Blas Riveros; Juan Portilla (m.75, Marcos Portillo), Franco Moyano (m.51, Matías Esquivel), Matías Galarza (m.67, Diego Ortegoza), Sebastián Palacios (m.68, Rubén Botta), Cristian Tarragona, Bruno Barticciotto ( m.52, Federico Girotti).
Objectives: 1-0, Miguel Borja (m. 34); 2-0, Santiago Simón (m. 50); 2-1, Federico Girotti (m. 69)
Referee: Uruguayan Gustavo Tejera advised Miguel Borja, Gastón Benavídez and Matías Galarza.
Incidents: The second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores was played at the Antonio Vespucio Liberti ‘Monumental’ Stadium, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez.
Source: La Verdad
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