September 21, 2024, 6:14 PM
September 21, 2024, 6:14 PM
River Plate defeated Boca Juniors 1-0 away in the Argentine soccer superclassic that was played on Saturday afternoon at La Bombonera before some 55,000 spectators, for the fifteenth date of the Professional League.
Manuel Lanzini (19) scored the only goal in the afternoon for the celebration of the ‘Millonario’, who was superior in the development and kept three points that allow them to continue in the fight for the championship.
The victory against the historic rival left the millionaires well planted to face the rematch against Chilean team Colo Colo on Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores.
On the contrary, The defeat is a very hard blow for Boca, which began to say goodbye to the League, and lost for the first time at La Bombonera after eleven months.
The meeting ended with a controversial action in stoppage time, when referee Nicolás Ramírez resorted to VAR and disallowed a goal for Boca due to a handball by Milton Giménez (90+6).
After an even start, River began to dominate the development with high pressure that blocked Boca’s exit, and soon had the first chance with a shot from Uruguayan Fonseca headed for the net, but which was stopped by Lema’s chest.
The visit also had a good group scheme, with well-supported lines, and with Lanzini as a standout player, vital for winning in midfield and lucid for attacking.
In fact, the “10” opened the scoring in an action that He passed the ball to Colidio, whose shot bounced off goalkeeper Sergio Romero and Lanzini, who had followed the play, pushed the ball into the net.
The goal had a special flavor for Lanzini, who scored for the first time on his return to River after several seasons in European football, and His last goal for the Millionaires had been scored against Boca, also in La Bombonera, ten years ago.
The local team did not react to the disadvantage in a Bombonera that watched in dismay as its team was dominated by a neat and efficient River.
Boca, who finished the first half without a single shot on goal, which is logical because they were unable to advance with the ball, and He also found no connection circuits.
– The changes didn’t help either –
Diego Martinez moved the bench with the entry of ‘Changuito’ Zeballos, who began to give Boca the depth they were looking for with his overflows.
Marcelo Gallardo responded during the visit with the entrances of Nacho Fernández and the Colombian striker Miguel Borja.
With more drive than clarity, Boca began to approach the visiting area, and was centimeters away from equality in a left-footed shot by Peruvian Luis Advíncula that hit the crossbar.
But River, who had huge spaces, squandered several chances to increase, because Borja was imprecise and took a while to define on a couple of occasions when he only had the goalkeeper in front of him and allowed the xeneize rearguard to recover.
After the decision to disallow Boca’s goal At the end of the match due to a handball after consulting the VAR, referee Nicolás Ramírez sent off local defender Cristian Lema (90+10) for protesting.
After the end a tense discussion arose between goalkeeper Romero and the ‘xeneizes’ fans who insulted the players for the defeat.
This is how the teams were formed:
Mouth: The following players were selected: Sergio Romero – Luis Advincula (Juan Barinaga, 84), Cristian Lema, Marcos Rojo (Aaron Anselmino, 73) and Lautaro Blanco – Ignacio Miramon (Exequiel Zeballos, 46), Cristian Medina, Guillermo Pol Fernandez (Milton Delgado, 84), Kevin Zenon – Miguel Merentiel and Edinson Cavani (Milton Gimenez, 64). Coach: Diego Martinez.
River: Franco Armani – Fabricio Bustos, Federico Gattoni (Germán Pezzella, 46), Leandro González Pirez, Paulo Díaz and Enzo Díaz – Santiago Simón (Ignacio Fernández, 56), Nicolás Fonseca and Manuel Lanzini (Marcos Acuña, 71) – Facundo Colidio (Franco Mastantuono, 76) and Adam Bareiro (Miguel Borja, 56). DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
