Despite his greater possession of the ball, River barely managed to reach the goal
Marcos Rojo was expelled in a game that reached ten warnings
Boca Juniors defeated River Plate this Sunday at the Bombonera by 1-0 with a goal by Darío Benedetto in an edition of the Argentine soccer Superclásico that left Xeneize with 32 units, two behind the leader Atlético Tucumán.
The Boca de Hugo Ibarra repeated today increased the illusion of repeating the title won in the first semester of the year in the Professional League Cup.
By contrast, the millionaire was relegated to seventh place with 29 points in the absence of nine dates for the end of the tournament.
He finished with ten warnings and an expelled, Marcos Rojowho saw the red card in the 52nd minute.
At the beginning, River surprised with an unusual scheme for Gallardo’s teams with Matías Suárez and Pablo Solari on offensewhile Boca opted for its traditional format with Darío Benedetto as an area reference accompanied by the last great youth appearance: Luca Langoni.
At 6 minutes came the clearest of the visit in the whole match with a perfect cross from Colombian Juan Fernando Quinterowho played his first superclásico as a starter, which Emanuel Mammana nodded. at the near post and demanded a sensational response from goalkeeper Agustín Rossi.
Boca then had more possession of the ball and was better in the middle of the field but could not bring danger to Franco Armani’s goal, while River bet on counterattacks and speed in replicas.
At the start of the second half, Gallardo made three changes with the income of Rodrigo Aliendro, the Colombian Miguel Borja and Esequiel Barco to seek more mobility and presence in the rival area.
At minute 62, Boca’s wake-up call came with a spectacular shot by Guillermo Pol Fernández that demanded a response to the pure reflection of Franco Armani.
Nevertheless, in the 65th minute the only goal of the game came with a millimeter cross from Juan Ramírez in a corner kick that found a perfect header from Darío Benedetto to make the attempt to avoid the goal sterile Frank Armani.
From there to the end Boca withdrew and moved his pieces on the bench to hold the difference and River tried with more courage than soccer ideas to reach the tie.
In the seventh minute added to regulation time, an aerial kick by Marcos Rojo on the head of Uruguayan Nicolás De la Cruz tended with the expulsion of the Boca defender in one of the last postcards of a superclassic that revitalized the ‘Xeneize’ and left the ‘Millionaire’ behind in the tournament.
– Data sheet:
1. Boca Juniors: Agustin Rossi; Luis Advíncula, Nicolás Figal, Marcos Rojo, Frank Fabra; Martín Payero (m.74, Carlos Zambrano), Guillermo Pol Fernández (m.80, Aaron Molinas), Alan Varela, Juan Ramírez (m.74, Cristian Medina); Luca Langoni (m.65, Norberto Briasco) and Darío Benedetto (m.80, Luis Vázquez).
Coach: Hugo Ibarra.
0. River Plate: Franco Armani; Marcelo Herrera (m.46, Rodrigo Aliendro) (m.70, Agustín Palavecino), Emanuel Mammana, Paulo Díaz, Javier Pinola and Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Nicolás De La Cruz, Juan Fernando Quintero (m.46, Esequiel Barco); Pablo Solari (m.46, Miguel Borja) and Matías Suárez (m.70, Lucas Beltrán).
Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.
Goal: 1-0, m.65: Darío Benedetto.
Referee: Darío Herrera expelled Marcos Rojo (m.97). And he admonished Frank Fabra, Luis Advíncula, Guillermo Pol Fernández, Juan Ramírez, Luis Vázquez, Nicolás De la Cruz, Paulo Díaz, Milton Casco, Miguel Borja and Javier Pinola.
Incidents: match of the eighteenth day of the Professional League Tournament played at the Alberto J. Armando La Bombonera Stadium in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of La Boca.
