The Millionaire commands the table of Argentine soccer positions. (@RiverPlate / Twitter)
River Plate extended its great moment to six consecutive victories with an undefeated arc by defeating Gimnasia La Plata 3-0 this Thursday, consolidating its leadership in the Argentine Professional League, with San Lorenzo as escort.
Lucas Beltran (25′) scored, from a penalty, his sixth goal in the last eight games, while Rodrigo Aliendro (65′) and matias suarez (89 ‘) gave the Millionaire the victory against a Gym limited, which in several passages closed the paths to the team with the red band, but never managed to put the local victory at risk.
The party of River Plate It even included an extra celebration for Suárez’s return to goal, who suffered a couple of major injuries that left him without playing for several months, and had not scored since October last year.
River won its last six games in the League, it is the top scorer (21 goals) and the one with the least defeated fence (5), since it accumulates 549 minutes without conceding goalsfrom which the Portuguese Luis Leal scored in the defeat against Arsenal (1-2) on the fifth date, in what was the last setback of the formation led by Martin Demichelis at the local level.
In this period, the only defeat that altered the favorable outlook was the one suffered at the height of La Paz against The Strongest (1-3), for the first date of the Copa Libertadores.
After 11 days, River commands the positions with 27 pointsand keeps the distance on San Lorenzo (23), who had beaten Boca 1-0 on Wednesday, while Central Rosary (21) became the unexpected third, and workshops (20) fell back to fourth place.
Precisely, Talleres rescued a 2-2 draw on their visit to Colón, who had won it early on with goals from Ramón Abila (3′) and Santiago Pierotti (36′), but the Cordoba team reacted in the second half and scored a draw against through Nahuel Bustos (68 and 88 minutes).
Earlier, in a changing duel, Godoy Cruz turned it around against Arsenal, which they beat 3-2 as a visitor, with goals from goalkeeper Diego Rodríguez (62′, from a penalty), Felipe Peña Biafore (76′, against ) and Tadeo Allende (79 ‘).
Adrián Sporle (38′) and Santiago Toloza (66′), the second with a fantastic mid-distance shot, had put Sarandí’s team in front, penultimate in the table and increasingly difficult in the relegation average classification.
The eleventh day will be completed later with the duel between Tigre and Sarmiento.
