River Plate fell tonight 4-3 in the definition on penalties against the Chilean La Calera Unionin a friendly match that marked the beginning of Martin Demichelis as coach of the ‘millionaire’ team.
At the ‘La Pedrera’ stadium in villa mercedes, saint Louis, River equalized without goals against his trans-Andean rival, in a duel marked by the serious injury suffered by Martin Kranevitter on the day that marked his return to the River Plate team.
After 8 minutes of play, the former player of striped from Monterey suffered a hard tackle from behind on his right ankle by Cesar Perez.
The 29-year-old central midfielder, at the beginning of his second cycle at the ‘Millionaire’, left the field of play in tears and the results of the studies are awaited to determine the severity of the injury.
River had confirmed the return of ‘Colo’ on December 12 under the slogan “back home”, to mark the return of the young man who emerged from the lower ranks, who had emigrated in 2015 bound for the Atletico Madrid.
This rough game proposed by the visit of the Chilean team generated that those directed by the coach to the Argentine Gerardo Ameli finish with ten players due to the expulsion in the 61st minute of the also Argentine Alejo Antilef.
In the penalty shootout, the young ‘millionaire’ goalkeeper Ezekiel Centurion -replaced the World Cup champion with ‘Albiceleste’: Franco Armani– stopped Patricio Flores and Abel Moreno’s shot, while José Paradela and Esequiel Barco scored. While, Fernando Otárola contained the shots of Fabián Londoño Bedoya, Franco Alfonso and Lucas Beltránto determine the victory of La Calera Union.
This duel marked the kickoff of the era Demichelis in River, after eight and a half years of Marcelo Gallardo as a coach in the club’s most successful cycle.
The ‘Millionaire’s’ pre-season will continue in the United States where he plans to play another three friendlies: on January 10 against Monterey in Austin, four days later against Millonario de Bogotá in Miami and on January 17 against Vasco da Gama in Orlando.
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