River beat Newell’s with the final shot and is more of a leader than ever

The pointer River, with a team of several substitutes, beat Newell’s last night with a great counterattack goal in the last minute of time added by Pablo Solari, in an emotional match played at the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa stadium, in Rosario’s Parque Independencia. The Millionaire thus passed a very tough test, against a rival who took the ball from him, attacked him and pressured him for a large part of the match.

Newell’s surprised River at the beginning of the match with an offensive setup of three defenders, four midfielders -two center backs and two wingers- and three forwards, in which their technical director, Gabriel Heinze, brought out the left midfielder Bruno Pittón and replaced him with another striker, Jeremías Pérez Tica.

With this tactical disposition, and above all with their intention to take possession of the ball and the field, the local became the owner of the first half of the initial stage, to the extreme that at the beginning they had their only clear arrival when Iván Gómez He hit a low center, which former River Cristian Ferreira spliced ​​in from the right, but he threw it very high, only in front of Franco Armani.

And River, accustomed to rivals who wait for it and play counter-attack, collided in those first minutes against a team that made him play uncomfortable, stuck in his field with his four defenders, his five midfielders and his only striker, the Colombian Miguel Borja .

The visit took ten minutes to get out of confinement, to the point that he just kicked at the goal after 13 minutes, with a shiver from Palavecino at the goalkeeper’s hands.

Judge Hernán Mastrángelo was permissive with the cards, such as when Mansilla lifted Palavecino himself from behind and even worse, when Brian Aguirre lifted the plate from González Pirez, in an expulsion play in which he made a price and got out of top it off with a warning.

River took the lead in the plug-in, dominated the ball at times and attacked with the good circulation of its midfielders and forwards, but Newell’s, who had less possession of the ball, warned with a good right foot from Iván Gómez from outside the area, which hit the crossbar.

The visit responded with a great advance from Solari to Ferreira on the right, but his right hand was saved by Hoyos on a corner.

And that’s how the last part of the match unfolded, with two teams that attacked each other and arrived, such as forward Jhonatan Menéndez, who smashed a shot into the outside of the net. Newell’s reached again with a cross from Aguirre that Recalde shouldered him and the ball landed near the right post.

Demichelis saved the offensive players for last, sending Ezequiel Barco and Lucas Beltrán onto the court. In this way, he warned when Palavecino left Solari alone on the right, but the kid instead of kicking at goal chose to shoot the center and Hoyos guessed his intention and kept the ball.

River monopolized the ball and searched with triangulations and touches in the middle against a tired rival, who chose to wait in their field without giving up the counterattack.

Until in the last minute of the five added Brian Aguirre sent a free kick into the area, Armani came out quickly on the left with Matías Suárez, he enabled Barco in great shape on the left, who gave a masterful assist to Pablo Solari on the left. right, which arrived empty and only had to push it to the bare goal because the goalkeeper Hoyos had a false start. A play station goal with which River defined an intense game and in which it was surpassed at times.