Borja’s double and Quintero’s three assists in River’s victory

Great night for Miguel Ángel Borja and Juan Fernando Quintero! The two Colombian players were the stars of River Plate’s victory against Colo Colo by 4-3 at the Sausalito Stadium in Viña del Mar for the first game of the Triangula Internacional Sodimac, in which Real Betis from Spain will also participate. The midfielder and the forward were starters and played 75 minutes.

The Argentines went up the scoreboard quickly thanks to the Colombian connection. Juan Fernando Quintero received a ball in three quarters of the field and filtered a pass for Miguel Ángel Borja, who received entering the area, threatened to finish off and then shot the left post of goalkeeper Brayan Cortéswho could do little after having played to the side at the beginning of the play.

Three minutes later the Colombian midfielder reappeared for River Plate to score their second goal. This time the ’10’ contributed with a pass between the lines for Pablo Solari, who, before the exit of the Colo Colo goalkeeper, decided to shoot the ball and define crossed to beat the goalkeeper who could do little before the proximity of the play. Those led by the Gallardo Doll seemed to calmly win their first friendly game.

However, the Chileans needed only three minutes to go on top of the scoreboard. At minute 30 they achieved the discount after a goal against Pablo Díaz. Two minutes later, at 32, Emiliano Amor connected a center and defined only inside the area to equalize the game and At minute 33 came the third for the locals after a great association play after a bad start, which ended with a definition by Esteban Pavez.

At minute 55, Juan Fernando Quintero was once again the protagonist. The Colombian midfielder received alone and in front of the goal, but decided to give Pablo Solari a pass that he could not define. The ball was left to Juanfer again, who returned the ball to the Argentine striker, who defined first to match the commitment.

River Plate instantly got the fourth goal to go ahead. After a great association move down the right side. Juan Fernando Quintero opened the field with Pablo Solari who sent a low cross to Miguel Ángel Borja who again beat the rival goalkeeper. Colo Colo ended up playing with 10 players after Maximiliano Falcón was expelled.

River Plate will face Real Betis of Spain on November 13 at 3:00 pm (Colombian time) at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza. This will be the last meeting of Marcelo Gallardo at the head of the team.