Miguel Borja paved the way to sustain the historical paternity of the River over Platense

The story weighs. Although Platense had just achieved a great victory against Racing at Vicente López, he could not surprise at the Monumental. With his 2-1 win, River not only maintained its leading status but also stretched the advantage in history over Squid to 73 gamesthe most against any Argentine soccer team.

The road started fast, with that Colombian Miguel Borja’s goal, two minutes into the game. “I think we had a good start, with 15 or 20 minutes it seemed that we could score many more goals. But they found the set-ball goal that helped them a lot. In the final part we came out better and, thank God, we achieved a good victory”, said the striker as soon as the match ended.

Borja had not been a starter but the coach Martin Demichelis He gave him the opportunity as the only striker from the start and he did not miss it. El Colibrí assured that he was working double shifts to be physically fit. “It is not always possible to work double in the day, but I do it when I can. He longed to play as a starter again, especially at the Monumental. The more dates are played, the more confidence and that is what I always ask God for, ”he added.

The competition between the forwards is another of the points that the millionaire coach is encouraging. And for Borja that is good. “The objective is clear, to always be first until the end, no matter who plays. We support each other. All the forwards that River has are very good and that is the most important thing”.

Now comes the trip to Peru to face Sporting Cristal on Thursday at the National Stadium in Lima. “I think it will be a very open game, with many chances because they are also going to go out looking for victory. We have to play a good game in Peru ”, he concluded.

Borja will now join the list of players who scored in a win against Platense, the rival River beat the most times, more than 70% of the games. In total they played 152, with 97 millionaire wins, 31 draws and just 24 victories for Squid. It was River’s eighth consecutive victory, the fifth for the First Division tournament, plus another three in national cups, one in the Argentine Cup and two in the League Cup.

River has also gone 12 games without losing with Platense, with 11 wins and just one draw. Calamar’s last victory happened 27 years ago: on June 9, 1996, when they won 2-1 at home, with two goals from Esteban Fuertes. Meanwhile, at the Monumental they have not lost since August 7, 1994 (1-3): they spent 8 games, 6 wins and 2 draws.