Copa Argentina: the end of an illusion for River | River Plate

Why

Germán Balcarce

29/11/2018
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River's 16 consecutive victories in Copa Argentina had their final tonight. It is that the millionaire has not been able to enjoy his favorable moments to beat a gym and fencing La Plata that two previous phases had been loaded in Boca. Although he was twice ahead and had one more player for a few minutes, he never managed to exploit his circumstances to stretch the difference and ended up paying with elimination.

Marcelo Gallardo commanded a 4-3-2-1 with the same names as he had in mind for the frustrated revenge against his eternal rival. The idea populated with leaflets gave him a volume of play, a speed of several errors and a cleared area. However, the opening of the score came about thanks to a free kick from Gonzalo Martínez. The number 10 of the river caused a constant risk by its imbalance. He caused fouls until he left the wolf with one less for the double yellow of Ezequiel Bonifacio, who overturned him twice. At that time, 39 minutes from the initial phase, the match was at 1-1 because Lorenzo Faravelli had stressed the tie in a bad start from Franco Armani.

River was again put in place because Ignacio Fernandez very well allowed Lucas Pratto to solve perfectly and gave him the 2-1 at the beginning of the second part. But a useless boost from Javier Pinola to Maximiliano Coronel, emerged from the Grand. Santiago Silva, a nightmare for the millionaire, defeated Jonatan Maidana on a corner for 2-2.

A stopped ball caused River problems again. Although the Muñeco added attackers to finish with three strikers, he did not have enough details in the last minutes to enjoy again.. That's why he went to the penalty shootout, where he did not have the same goal as gymnastics. Pratto stung her execution and Maidana kicked high. Thus, the millionaire has neither end nor chance of winning the title for the third consecutive year. Now, let's think about the liberators.