River Plate thrashed Estudiantes de la Plata at the Monumental de Núñez. With two goals from Miguel Ángel Borja, which could have been three thanks to a save by the goalkeeper, Jerónimo Pourtau drowning out another goal cry, Pablo Solari, Ezequiel Barco and Matías Suárez who completed the comfortable victory. Juan Fernando Quintero also stood out trying another Olympic corner kick and a shot from half court.
Both Colombians were starters and showed their potential, one as a scorer, the other as an assistant. Miguel Ángel Borja little by little is vindicating himself in Argentina after the incessant criticism that has fallen on him. And he is curious among all, because the Cordovan is the second scorer of River Plate with six goals, two less than Pablo Solari who dominates the scorers table of the millionaire cast.
Miguel Ángel Borja dreams of being back on the radar of the Colombian National Team, since the desire of any player is to make a place for himself in his national team. For that, he knows that he must first win the trust of Néstor Lorenzo and that can only be achieved by scoring goals. With his two goals, he will continue to have that goal of reaching the ‘Tricolor’.
As one of the stars of the match scoring a double, the first had a bit of luck, and in the second, he beat Jerónimo Pourtau with a bombshell after receiving a memory pass from Juan Fernando Quintero. Miguel Ángel Borja spoke after the game with TNT Sports, “Glory to God it was possible to score and it was won. This moment is very special, the team is getting better and better, it went through difficult times, but we have improved a lot. With work things are achieved”.
He added, “it is clear that the challenge we are in is very big, the history it has and I was not wrong to say it (“River Plate is the Real Madrid of South America”, that message that he left in the presentation. I dream of being a champion, scoring a lot of goals and bring a lot of joy to this fans. The fans generate a lot of emotion in me”.
Despite that last message of being happy with the fans, Miguel Ángel Borja has had to suffer incessant criticism in Argentina. Little by little he hopes to gain confidence. River Plate is fourth in the Argentine League with 38 units.
