Entertaining classic. Independiente put up the anger and the football, but it was not enough to overcome a River that is still in debt

The management of anger and frustration occupies the program of several subjects in the Psychology degree and very long sessions and hours of therapy. Football, with its crazy and dizzying calendar, forces players to solve the issue in just a handful of days.

Independent He went out onto the field to face River by Professional League Cup burdened with what happened 96 hours earlier in front of Barracas Central and with the challenge of channeling the accumulated aggressiveness in the best possible way. It must be concluded that the objective was achieved. He played football – what he has, what he can – to make a powerful rival uncomfortable, deny him control of the ball and the field, and reduce him to defending close to his area for many passages of the game.

Leandro González Pirez and Matías Giménez, in the heat of a match that was as disputed as it was generous in terms of spectacle.Manuel Cortina

The momentum of the local team set the pace of the first half. Defense of three well-advanced centre-backs, pressure and anticipation in every corner of the pitch, character to win the divisions and the opposite goal as a destination point made River feel that he would have no choice but to play the role of stone guest. an alien situation.

For 40 of the initial 45 minutes, Independiente was much more than the team led by Martín Demichelis. Mauritius Island y Lucas Gonzalez They overflowed again and again on the right, Ivan Marcone He had a magnet in the middle – but he would be sent off almost at the end of the match – and Rojo filled the area with centers from above and below. His problem was precision. Most fell on the head or feet of Paulo Diaz, which vanished the attempts. The exception occurred at 37 minutes, when Isla put the ball just so that Gabriel Avalos finally broke his long scoring drought.

Although he is not face to face with Rodrigo Rey, Miguel Ángel Borja scored again, for the 11th time in 10 games; The Colombian is going through a formidable present.Manuel Cortina

At that time, the millionaire team had an advantage for which it had done very little. Without play or recovery of the team in the center of the field, the individual action of Miguel Borja that ended 1-0 was as much a result of his daring left-footed shot as it was luck due to the rebound in Felipe Aguilar that moved the Rodrigo Rey. Even River’s other appearance in attack at that stage – one-on-one that the goalkeeper blocked from the Colombian – was a play outside the context of the game.

A heated climate

The good performance of the local team calmed the mood in the stands. El Rojo had arrived at the match crossed by a host of controversies. From the moment Carlos Tevez turned on the fan on Tuesday night, the club was followed by external tremors coming from the AFA itself and the refereeing establishment, with all that it implies of hypothetical retaliation, and internal ones, if you take into account the distance that separated the technical director’s toe caps from the political correctness with which President Néstor Grindetti tried to calm the waters.

Finally, the goal was opened for Gabriel Ávalos: the Paraguayan, Independiente’s biggest bet in the last transfer market, scored his first goal for the club.Manuel Cortina

The fans occupied the Bochini stadium knowing they were involved in the open debate about what role they would adopt to best defend what they consider to be the club’s interests. A discussion that had a clear winner: there was a standing ovation for Tevez when his image appeared on the light panel, followed by the well-known hit “The day all the people leave […] of the Commission.” But at the same time, wanting to be pressure factors on the referee Nazareno Arasahis collaborators on the field and Lucas Novellithe person in charge of the VAR in Ezeiza (the chants with threats to the match authorities and the insults to Claudio Tapia began long before the match).

This attitude was reinforced in the second half, when The match became more even and, at the same time, more fought than played. The local team slowed down and their opponent finally managed to show some of their many virtues in controlling the ball. The income of Pablo Solari It gave him extra speed and for a while River resembled the team that Demichelis has not finished rebuilding. Until Tevez gained muscle with David Martinez y Gabriel Nevesand explosion with Axel Lunawhose most dangerous shot of the final 45 minutes was saved by Armani.

Independent Compact 1 vs. River 1

But Rojo no longer had the drive of the beginning, and the public, as they noticed that football was not enough for their team to change destiny, returned to complaining about Arasa. He was asked penal for an exact advance of Leandro González Pirez when Ávalos was getting ready to define, and it was difficult to understand the annulment of a goal Ayrton Costa for a previous off-side. The judge seemed to be right in both decisions.

The accelerated therapy helped Independiente to release his frustrations in the best possible way, turn the page after a very upset week and stay at the top of the table. River remains immersed in its labyrinth, without continuity in the game, without the brilliance that is required of its figures. Depending too much to survive on Borja continuing his streak, even if it is a rebound.

Rodolfo Chisleanschi

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