Photo: Luis Cetraro.
River Plate defeated Excursionistas this Wednesday, 3-0, in a difficult victory that gave them a place in the 16th round. of the Argentine Cup final, in the match played at the Colón stadium in Santa Fe.
The Colombian Miguel Borja and the youth players Franco Mastantuono and Agustín Ruberto scored for the Núñez club, while the goalkeeper Franco Armani saved a penalty from Leonel Barrios, in the second half, which could have been the partial tie for the team that plays in the First B.
Martín Demichelis’ team presented a team with some variations compared to the one that mercilessly beat Vélez 5-0 in the League Cup, last Sunday, at the Más Monumental.
The debut of the Uruguayan Agustín Sant’Anna was promising, with good projections, but the work of Agustín Palavecino was quite weak. Neither creation of football nor contribution to the brand.
River lacked football in the midfield, despite Mastantuono’s attempts. That deficit was suffered by Borja and Facundo Colidio, with almost no contact with the ball.
Hikers had a decent first time. Juan Carlos Kopriva’s team offered a lot of display, with the mobility of Matías Fernández, and complicated River’s plan.
River’s first arrival came at 22 minutes with a header from Borja, after a cross from Sant’Anna, which passed close to the crossbar.
Photo: Luis Cetraro.
In the last minutes of the first half, a free kick by Mastantuono, which hit the post, and an unsuccessful one-on-one by Borja against Nahuel Cajal, with assistance from Nacho Fernández, were the clearest arrivals of the match.
River, without modifications for the second half, sought to be deeper and took advantage of Dylan Pedraza’s injury to take advantage of a defense that until then was very safe. Borja, who had just scored a hat-trick against Vélez, opened the scoring with the opportunism of the scorer on Cajal’s rebound after Colidio’s shot.
The goal seemed to smooth things out for River, but Excursionistas did not give up and went in search of a tie. Before 15 minutes, Barrios faced the area after a mistake by Ramiro Funes Mori and Armani gave him a clear penalty.
The world champion goalkeeper, somewhat ahead, redeemed himself by taking the strong shot from the Excursionistas striker with his left hand, in a key play of the match.
River, on the hot Santa Fe night, found with the entry of Esequiel Barco the key to increase the advantage against a rival who made him work harder than he thought.
The former Independiente started the attack to make it 2-0 with Mastantuono’s goal, his first with the River jacket, at 16 years old. The youth had a good game, with flashes in the first half, and he crowned it with a goal that he will never forget.
The changes had an effect on Demichelis because the entrances of Enzo Díaz and Andrés Herrera allowed him to open the field even more against a tired opponent.
In the final minutes, Ruberto contributed his share of goals to make it 3-0, which at one point in the game seemed far away.
Photo: Luis Cetraro.
The “Millonario” will await a rival in the next round between the winner of Sarmiento de Junín and Temperley.
Synthesis
River Plate: Franco Armani; Augustin Sant’Anna, Paulo Diaz, Ramiro Funes Mori and David Martinez; Rodrigo Aliendro and Augustin Palavecino; Ignacio “Nacho” Fernandez and Franco Mastantuono; Facundo Colidio and Michael Borja. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Hikers: Nahuel Cajal; Rodrigo Figueroa, Ulysses Yegros, Dylan Pedraza, Mariano Pieres and Santiago Monzon; Cesar Peralta, Gian Zoratti and Nehuen Garcia; Matthias Fernandez; and Leonel Neighborhoods. DT: John Charles Private.
Goals: in the second half, 4m. Borja (R); 23m. Mastantuono (R); 45+2m. Ruberto (R).
Changes: in the second half, 5m. Juan Villagra and David Zarco for Pedraza and Garcia (E); 20m. Esequiel Ship by Palavecino (R); 21m. Enzo Diaz by Martinez (R); 25m. Juan Branch for Peralta and Lucas Reynoso for Monsoon (E); 27m. Andres Herrera for Sant’Anna and Rodrigo Villagra for Mastantuono (R); 30m. Facundo Figueroa by Neighborhoods (E); 38m. Augustine Robert by Borja (R).
Admonished: P. Diaz, Armani (R); Figueroa (E)
Incidence: in the second half, 17m. Armani saved a penalty against Barrios
Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo
Stadium: Colón de Santa Fe
2024-02-08 12:25:00
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