River liked the tie better than Colo Colo

It costs a lot river who could not cling to the enormous advantage of scoring the first away, undeservedly here and at the end of the first half. He struggled to develop Santiago. Colo Colo It is more. For that reason and because it will define Tuesday at home, a tie is essential for millionaires. At home they should qualify for the semi-finals here Liberators who are obsessed with them.

Of course, before, on Saturday, river will have to solve nothing less than the Superclásico in La Bombonera. What will it do? Marcelo Gallardo? Are you going to make headlines or save for Tuesday? In these days it will be known…

In Santiago, River had a dream moment, the one that any team struggling to play as a visitor in a complicated situation could wish for…

Colo Colo He dominated it and had control of the game. Franco Armani prevented Chile’s goal by hitting a superb header past Javier Correa after a sensual pass from Arturo Vidal. There, River found a play with a stopped ball, a free kick/center from Marcos Acuña German Pezzella He almost connected with his left knee, fell, and the ball hit a post. A goal created between a former Sevilla and a former Betis…

It’s 44 minutes. The first half was over. More appropriate, it is not possible. It seems better Colo Colo, but the effect was given by River, who had a good first quarter of an hour thanks to Nacho Fernández and there were two occasions that Miguel Borja did not know how to define the best million-dollar season, at the beginning, when he managed to apply suffocating high pressure.

Then, for the rest of the game, river He suffered with the Chilean midfield, with Vidal, with EStefan Pavezwith Colorado Leonardo Gil and with Carlos Palacios.

That trend in the game was maintained at the birth of the second phase. Colo Colo kept the ball and the search. And he has a prize. Then Javier Correa With his head held high, Vidal came out with a crack assist and Palacios equalized by slotting it past the post.

Gallant He had no reaction to strengthen the midfield, the area where his River was surpassed. El Muñeco just did it after the tie. And in the end he changed all his flyers…

River did not create any clear-cut chances in those final 45 minutes. He saw no fluidity or elaboration. Colo Colo had a clear goal at the end, a great header from Guillermo Paiva which Armani saved by pure reflex. Yes, although he won, it was a good draw for River. On Tuesday they will decide the series at home, at Monumental. It remains to be seen how much of an impact Saturday’s Superclásico will have on him.