2023-10-08 17:52:37
River took advantage of the emotional momentum of the Superclásico and beat Talleres, from Córdoba, 1 to 0, in the match valid for the 8th. date of the League Cup, which allowed it to reach the top of zone A.
Venezuelan striker Salomón Rondón scored the winning goal from River Plate, in a packed Más Monumental, which celebrated the second consecutive victory of the last soccer champion, after the 2-0 against Boca in La Bombonera.
River, which expanded its successes in a row at home to 19, reached 16 units in its group and surpassed Independiente (15). Meanwhile, Talleres, which had just tied with Belgrano, was left with 11, outside the classification zone.
The “Millonario” was able this time against his “black beast”, the same team that beat him in the last tournament and eliminated him from the Argentine Cup, but he needed a solvent Franco Armani, especially in the second half, to stay with the three points.
River exerted superiority in an intense first half, against a Talleres team that came out to play as equals. The posture of the two benefited the show, in a climate of celebration prior to the victory in the Superclásico.
The same formation that won in La Bombonera had control of the ball with a good task from Manuel Lanzini, who provided clarity in attack for the climbs of Nicolás De La Cruz and Ignacio Fernández.
The first clear arrival was for River with the one-on-one that Rondón wasted against Guido Herrera (8m), but the Venezuelan redeemed himself favored by a blooper. The Talleres goalkeeper tried to cut off Andrés Herrera’s center, started in a prepared play after a corner kick, and on the way he crossed paths with Rondón, who converted almost from behind. As against Boca, fortune played on Rondón’s side, who scored after the ball bounced off him after a mid-range shot by Enzo Pérez.
Although River gave the sensation of having the game controlled precisely under the leadership of Enzo Pérez and De La Cruz, an error in the start of the Mendoza led to the first dangerous arrival of Talleres, but Rodrigo Garro defined against Armani. It was a warning.
Talleres was encouraged and had a shot from Ramón Sosa that hit the right post, brushed by Armani with his hands (36m).
The world champion goalkeeper had more work when he saved a shot from Nicolás Vallejo and on the counterattack River was very close with the shot to the left post by “Nacho” Fernández, perhaps River’s weakest point.
Coach Javier Gandolfi ordered the entry of Nahuel Bustos in the second half, he advanced his team a few more meters on the field and with the help of Rodrigo Garro he took advantage of River’s football slump.
Armani took a shot from Garro (7m) to the corner, with a changed hand, and also excelled in another attempt by the number “16” of Talleres (27m).
River no longer had the deployment of Andrés Herrera, who had another great game, and Esequiel Barco and De La Cruz were not important either. Demichelis sought to counter Talleres’ advance with a line of 5 in the background and the departure of Enzo Pérez, which left Rodrigo Aliendro as the central midfielder. The former Colón did not have a good afternoon and River suffered in the midfield.
In addition, the Chilean Paulo Díaz, one of the figures against Boca, this time made some mistakes caused by the good movements of Garro and Sosa.
Talleres went for the tie with a deep pass from Garro to Bustos, who, free of marks, defined crosswise and far from the far post, with a net chance of scoring (29m).
River sought to define the match against, with the entry of Pablo Solari, but the former Colo Colo was not fine the few times he faced Guido Herrera.
Another intervention by Armani, this time against the admitted Bruno Barticciotto, caused Talleres to complain about an alleged penalty that did not exist, in a hot section of the match. In the previous play, an excessive infringement by Aliendro on Garro could have been a red card, but there was not even a VAR observation.
Hernán Mastrángelo’s final whistle blew up 86 thousand fans who applauded the work of a team that justified the victory by what it did in the first half and then relied on Armani’s safety.
On the next date, River will visit Colón and Talleres will host Arsenal.
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