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In a classic with controversy, River won it with the final shot

The Millionaire arrived in Avellaneda with the need to win again, but fundamentally with the idea of ​​recovering the collective functioning that the last date against Sarmiento de Junín did not have. With that search he went out to the Libertadores de América playing field and had a good start. From the first minutes he owned the ball and also generated the first clear maneuver of the classic: after a corner kick by Esequiel Barco, Pablo Solari had a double chance to open the account: in the first shot -with three fingers- he reached Milton Álvarez covered, while on the rebound he decided to hit it with the instep, to place, with bad luck because his second shot went just wide.

With the passing of the minutes, Independiente began to win the second balls and match the process of the game. And from there he managed to bother the millionaire defense in a couple of maneuvers. The first clear situation occurred after 22 minutes of play, after a good clearance by Alan Soñora for Leandro Benegas, who defined with his left foot and a swing. The ball went very close to Franco Armani’s right post. A couple of minutes later, el Rojo again brought some danger with a left-footed shot from outside the area by Leandro Fernández, but he went out into the middle and controlled the one millionaire without problems.

The last quarter of an hour of the first half was somewhat more entertaining. River again generated an approach at 31 minutes, from a swagger by Lucas Beltrán and a touch in the middle for Rodrigo Aliendro, who read the maneuver well but his shot was intercepted before reaching Álvarez’s goal. Immediately and after the corner kick, Paulo Díaz tried a pirouette but without much effectiveness: his volley ended up in the hands of the local goalkeeper, who dominated the ball without problems.

On the closing of a first even stage, they distributed scoring options, on one side and the other. River came again with a shot from outside the area by Agustín Palavecino that came very close to the upper left corner of Milton Álvarez. On the next play, Benegas had the goal again, this time anticipating a header. At the hands of Franco Armani. An even first half, with a lot of intensity but little flight.

In the River complement he became the owner of the leading role and dominated the actions practically from start to finish. Beyond some sporadic approaches by Julio Falcioni’s team, the Millionaire had the ambition to go in search of victory, of course he did not always choose the right paths. The first chance was after 5 minutes, in a play in which the roles were reversed: Lucas Beltrán jumped to the right wing and took a sharp cross for the appearance of Pablo Solari in position 9. The former Colo Colo did not reach to connect the ball and Esequiel Barco, who appeared at the second post, did not define well either and ended up finishing off the body of a Red defender.

The local team seemed to react and had a clear situation after 10 minutes from a mid-range shot by Damián Batallini. Was it center or archery? The ball seemed to slip through the second post, but Franco Armani became giant again to take a swipe and take the ball to the corner. After the corner kick and a header at the near post, Juan Manuel Insaurralde came close to pushing the ball over the far post. It was the only moment that seemed to disturb Independiente in the second half.

At 15 minutes of the complement came the most discussed move of the entire match. In the middle of a struggle inside the area, Miguel Borja received a punch from Barreto that knocked him down immediately. Despite showing the bleeding in the teeth and observing the play in the VAR, Fernando Rapallini decided not to sanction a clear penalty in favor of River. An unusual decision by the judge, who some time ago took a different sanction against a similar play involving Maidana and Cóccaro at the Tomás Duccó stadium.

Once he got over the nervousness caused by the unsanctioned penalty, River got back into the game and generated more goal situations. It is true, without too much clarity and a product more of the push than of the game. Bruno Zuculini had a shot from the door of the area after 24 minutes that came very close to the post. At 28′ and after a double hitch, Pablo Solari took a cross shot that Milton Álvarez controlled well. And at 35 ‘, after a faulty center by Elías Gómez, he warned Matías Suárez with a header that went just high.

When the match seemed to be dying in a zero to zero with very little taste, the first and only emotion of the night arrived when the stoppage time was already played. Zuculini received a rebound at the door of the area, finished off from the door of the area and a deflection enabled Matías Suárez, who went hand in hand with the goalkeeper and defined by throwing himself to the ground. The Cordovan thus sealed the victory in a classic that had more fight and intensity than game. The Millionaire won it with the final shot and again cut units in the standings.

FORMATIONS

RIVER PLATE (4-1-4-1): 1-Franco Armani; 20-Milton Helmet, 23-Emanuel Mammana, 17-Paul Diaz, 29-Elijah Gomez; 24-Enzo Perez; 16-Pablo Solari, 27-Rodrigo Aliendro, 8-Agustin Palavecino, 21-Ezequiel Barco; 18-Luke Beltran. DT: Marcel Gallardo.

Substitutes: 33. Ezekiel Centurion, 15. Andrew Herrera, 4. Jonathan Maidana, 14. Leandro Gonzalez Perez, 22. Javier Pinola, 5. Bruno Zuculini, 22. Nicholas De La Cruz, 31. Santiago Simon, 10. Juan Fernando Quintero, -Matthew Suarez and 9-Michael Borja.

INDEPENDENT (4-4-2): 13-Milton Alvarez; 28-Alex Vigo, 24-Sergio Barreto, 33-Juan Manuel Insaurralde, 5-Lucas Rodríguez; 7-Damián Batallini, 29-Lucas Romero, 10-Alan Soñora, 27-Tomás Pozzo; 9-Leandro Fernandez and 18-Leandro Benegas. DT: Julio Cesar Falcioni.

Substitutes: 1-Sebastian Sosa, 2-Joaquin Laso, 4-Edgar Elizalde, 31-Patricio Ostachuk, 11-Juan Cazares, 14-Lucas Gonzalez, 19-Gabriel Hachen, 49-Justo D’Angelo, 20-Rodrigo Marquez, 36-Nicolas Vallejo, 44-Julian Rosemary and 48-James Ayala.

MATCH DATA

Hour: 17.30

Estadio: America’s Liberators

Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Assistants: Maximilian Delyesso and Sebastian Raineri

Fourth referee: Fernando Echenique

WAS: Dario Herrera

TV: TNT Sports

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