The Argentines won with a resounding 3-0 to the Brazilians
Mammana, Miguel Borja and Beltrán were the authors of the goals in Orlando
The room friendly of preseason in the Demichelis era ended with another triumph of River Plate this Tuesday and in Orlando before the Vasco da Gama brazilian (3-0), with which the Argentines say goodbye to the United States with three victories and without conceding goals. Franco Alfonso, one of the youth players called up for this preseason tour, showed very interesting details and gave the level to be considered in River’s professional squad. The newcomer Nacho Fernández as well as Pablo Solari also added very positively. And they repeated as scorers who scored against Millionaires: Emanuel Mammana and Miguel Borja.
River started again wanting to take the initiative but left many spaces behind; Vasco da Gama knew how to interpret it and hurt the contras. The first of the game was for Vasco. Pedro Raúl drew a run from almost the middle of the field, leaving Mammana behind and showing Milton Casco’s mistake on the flank, but when facing Franco Armani he was not precise. He also had a very clear Erick Marcus with a header completely alone at the far post with a cross that came again from Casco’s band. The headbutt hit the grass and it was easy for Armani.
The verticality of Mauricio Barbieri’s team became a problem for Martín Demichelis’s pupils, who were forced to adjust. River improved and had the first chance in the 17th minute with a free kick far removed from Alfonso, which a magnificent Alexander cleared with one hand.
The pace of the game slowed down and this benefited the Argentines. The first goal of the game came from strategy with an excellent cross from Fernández from the right. mammana He won high at the near post and directed the shot with his head to adjust to Alexander’s left at minute 23. The goal had a soothing effect for River, who came to completely control the game. Only in his start from behind did he lose some balls that left the Argentine team in a bad position and Vasco took advantage of it but without specifying. Because of this, River’s defensive transition was forced to commit fouls up front and captain Enzo Pérez saw a yellow card in one of them.
Nene’s volley on one occasion and Figuereido’s direct free kick that was too high on another made Armani uneasy. More demanding was Alexander in his frame, who, after clearing a left-footed shot from Solari at minute 38, could not avoid the second goal afterwards. Solari won in the 45 the bottom line to give away to borja the second goal, which the Colombian only had to push in front of the goal.
At half-time 2-0 and Demichelis made two changes: Zuculini for the admonished Pérez and Leandro González for the scoring defender Mammana, but the dynamics of the game were the same after the break. Good handling of River, speed on the sides, combinations between the interiors… but bad ball outings.
The result was never in jeopardy and the success in front of goal was once again for the Argentine team Casco anticipated the departure of the ball from the Brazilians making good the pressure that Demichelis demanded so much during the match. He recovered the ball and assisted inside the area to Lucas Beltran, who at the turn scored with a tight shot. It is the second pre-season goal for the youth squad.
River Plate thus closes its preparation tour on North American soil and barely has one more friendly, already on Argentine soil against Racing Club of Uruguay. The official debut in the Argentine league will be on January 28 against Central Córdoba. Until then, the interest of the millionaire cadre is to see if they manage to specify and make official the arrivals of Enzo Díaz and Salomón Rondón.
