Miguel Borja scores in River’s victory against Vasco da Gama

River Plate continues its preparation for the start of the Argentine Professional League, a tournament in which it will debut on January 28. This Tuesday, the team led by Martín Demichelis prevailed over Vasco da Gama in the third friendly match of the year and had Colombian goalscorer contribution after Miguel Borja’s goal at the close of the first 45 minutes.

The match, which was played at the Exploria Stadium in Florida, began favorably for the Brazilian team, which managed to get dangerously close to the goal defended by Franco Armani. In minute 9 came the first A clear option for the visiting team after a mid-distance shot by José Rodríguez that passed centimeters from the crossbar of River’s goal.

After several minutes with their forward lines, Vasco da Gama continued to be dangerous, however, the attempts did not end in a goal and River took advantage of their first clear chance to take the lead. In it minute 23, Nacho Fernández sent a ball into the area that found the head of Emanuel Mammana who, with a great technical gesture, put the ball in the angle to make it 1-0 on the scoreboard.

In it closing of the first half, Miguel Borja extended the advantage for the Argentine team. Pablo Solari crossed the ball to the penalty spot and the Colombian striker, using his left leg, made it 2-0 so that his team went comfortably at halftime.

With a 2-0 advantage on the scoreboard, River played the second part of the game with the ball in its possession and looking to settle the result. Borja had the option of scoring the second on his personal account in the 49th minute, however, the 29-year-old attacker’s shot hit the crossbar. In the 64th minute, he was substituted to bring on Lucas Beltrán.who also left his mark on the result.

The striker, a youth player for Núñez’s team, took advantage of Milton Casco’s recovery and put the final 3-0 in favor of River at the end of the match. Demichelis used 9 substitutions in the game but did not send Flabián Londoño onto the fieldwho he started in the 2-0 victory over Millonarios and played 61 minutes.