Tigre gave the big surprise in the quarterfinals of the Argentine League Cup by eliminating River Plate, who had Héctor David Martínez and who won 2-1 as a visitor on Wednesday at the Monumental stadium.
Mateo Retegui (4′) and Facundo Colidio (66′), two players with a past in Boca, River’s arch-rival, scored the goals for Matador’s formidable victory, while Enzo Fernández (57′) sealed the temporary equalizer for the Millionaire, in which the white-haired David Martínez completed the match.
In search of the ticket to the final, Tigre will face an unexpected semifinal against Argentinos Juniors, who earlier eliminated another candidate like Estudiantes on penalties.
The team from the north of Buenos Aires, which had qualified as third in Zone 2, made an excellent statement against River, whom they pressed at the beginning and in one of the first arrivals they gave an accurate lunge, with a center by Zabala from the left that Mateo Retegui deflected with a header to the left corner of Armani, who did not arrive with his stretch.
With a short team between the lines, with its ten outfield players grouped about 30 meters from the field, Tigre closed the creative circuits to a River that had the ball, but had a hard time reaching it with danger.
The first semifinal will be in charge of Racing, which crushed Aldosivi 5-0 in the quarterfinals, and Boca, which beat Defense and Justice 2-0.
