Marcelo gallardo he reached after the superclassic: he recovered Milton Casco on the left side after the relaxation, decided to set up the central defense with Pinola and Rojas, and in the middle of the field he bet on Nacho Fernández instead of Zuculini.
With all these changes, River came out plugged in to play the first semifinal of Liberators cup against Palm Trees and from the outset it generated two chances of danger. First, Borré faced, took a crossed left foot and the ball went just over the crossbar. And at 5 ‘, the one who appeared in the area was Jorge Carrascal and goalkeeper Weverton responded well.
Despite the fact that River was the owner of the ball and played in the rival field, he lacked depth and Palmeiras took advantage of the Armani gift at 27 ‘and did not forgive: the goalkeeper kicked off a single cross from Menino’s right badly, Ron he captured the rebound and his shot, which was deflected at De La Cruz, ended up in the back of the net. The blow hit full on the chin of Gallardo’s team, who was saved from Scarpa’s 2-0 – he had defined with a lot of class – by an advanced position in the previous action.
After a few minutes of confusion, River stood up, found play again and approached the hand of Borré and Nacho Fernández, who he was close to the equalizer late in the first half with a free kick that hit the crossbar.
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