River vs. Patronage minute by minute of the match for the quarterfinals of the Copa Argentina

The deluge that fell for much of Tuesday night and this Wednesday was a factor to take into account in the run-up to the match against Patronato. That is why River jumped onto the field with a line-up that predicted a more direct game, without much transfer or elaboration, with Juanfer Quintero and Agustín Palavecino as the main ones in charge of filtering a ball between the central defenders or taking out a mid-distance shot, taking advantage of the grass wet and the ball muddy.

The game began to be requested by River from the beginning. The Muñeco team quickly recovered the ball and found spaces in the final meters to hurt Patronato. Although at the minute Ezequiel Centurión took a barbaric header from Herrera that could change history, from then on it was all about the Millionaire, who turned Facundo Altamirano into a great figure.

The Greatest’s first warning came at 7 minutes, after a good attacking maneuver and Solari’s touch for the solo entry of Agustín Palavecino. The former Platense arrived with the bow from the front to define, but finished off bitten and weak, at the hands of the Patronato goalkeeper. A couple of minutes later, the first excitement of the night arrived: Casco went all the way, played with Casco and this one with Zuculini, who defined a half-turn and established the 1-0.

The goal allowed Gallardo’s team to grow, which began to make merits to widen the difference. Pablo Solari had a couple of situations to score, but between the lack of aim and the good intervention of Altamirano they avoided the second fall. Juanfer Quintero also had his chance with a left footed shot that he hit the post.

River gave away some prominence in the last quarter of an hour of the first half and paid dearly for it. Facundo Sava’s team began to gain confidence and create dangerous situations against Centurión’s goal. Until at 33 minutes came the fateful move in which Jonatan Maidana slipped and Marcelo Estigarribia was left hand in hand with the millionaire goalkeeper to define point blank and establish the 1 to 1. For what happened in the process up to that moment, it was totally fair.

At the beginning of the complement, River failed again in the background and paid dearly for it. Pinola tried to play out and fell short. And the one who took advantage of it was Jonathan Herrera, who faced the goal of Centurion and defined with a right cross, unattainable for the millionaire goalkeeper. Facundo Sava’s team turned it around and gave the feeling that those led by the Doll were ready for the slap.

River seemed to feel the impact of 1-2 and fell into a series of inaccuracies as a result of the rush he had to go in search of a tie. Nevertheless, Juanfer rubbed the lamp from a corner kick and after 7 minutes he nailed a goal from another galaxy. El 10 del Millonario gave life again to Marcelo Gallardo’s team, who became the owner of the procedure again.

With the Colombian’s tie, the Muñeco team grew again from the game and especially from the emotional side. He made some changes to give freshness to the attack and found good answers in Suárez and Barco. River was a shot away from getting the advantage at Palavecino’s feet, but his right hand went just above. He also had a free kick at Juanfer’s feet that managed to deflect Altamirano for a corner.

In the final minutes, River threw the court at him and he had no less than three unbeatable situations to convert. Barco built a great solo maneuver that went just over the crossbar. Zuculini, meanwhile, had two chances almost under the arc. The last one was at Maidana’s feet, which he defined by falling and in a defective way. He missed the final kick and the classification was decided on penalties.

From the twelve steps, the Paraná team was more effective, converting four of the five penalties they executed. Despite the fact that Ezequiel Centurión held off Axel Rodríguez’s shot, Bruno Zuculini and Matías Suárez failed at the Millionaire. Thus, Marcelo Gallardo’s team said goodbye to the Argentine Cup and was left with no goal ahead for the remainder of 2022.