River cleared all doubt with a 4-0 win over Defense and Justice that allowed them to jump to the quarterfinals of the Copa Argentina.
In the next round, the riverplatenses will meet Patronato, from Paraná, who has just eliminated Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the round of 16.
The victory of Gallardo’s men took shape in less than half an hour thanks to the offensive voracity of Pablo Solari, who opened the scoring after four minutes, and the commendable dedication and sacrifice of Lucas Beltrán, who today took the place of Colombian Miguel Borja and billed more than.
It is that the former Colón was the one who pressed and took the ball from Kevin Gutiérrez at the Defense and Justice exit to then enable Solari in the first goal, and then, at 29 minutes, he completed the second with a bitten shot that he had a weak opposition from Ezequiel Unsaín.
But in the results of these two actions it was noted that it was the night of Beltrán, who received encouragement from Gallardo before the game by placing him as a starter, and when he was midway through the complement and Solari had long ago scored the third at six minutes and he was replaced precisely by Borja.
An insatiable Solari who at 37 minutes of that second stage scored his hat-trick to round off the win and mark the seventh personal goal since he arrived from Colo Colo, from Chile, to put on the red band.
However, and especially in the first half, those figures on the scoreboard could be denied if we analyze the numerous arrivals with specific goal possibilities that Defense and Justice had.
In fact, River Plate goalkeeper Franco Armani himself had to push himself to the limit of injuring his right thigh to prevent his bow from losing the zero that his replacement, Ezequiel Centurión, would later keep in the complement.
Of course, that second half denatured the competitiveness because just after five minutes Solari pointed out that aforementioned third goal that left Florencio Varela’s men out of the way, who ended up looking for friction more than the ball in some circumstances (at the end he was sent off Colombo Nazarene).
That’s why the second half became an extension of that party that began for the people of Chaco almost a week before the game, when they took over the surroundings of the Centenario, Sarmiento, Resistencia stadium, where 23,000 spectators filled their stands to see River, whom they endlessly encouraged and received their reward from the playing field itself.
“I have to stop being a bit of a fan and be a bit more professional, because I love this club very much,” confessed Pablo Solari at the end of the match, while enjoying taking the ball for his first hat trick almost as much as they did “the other” fans in the stands.
And incidentally, Gallardo, who did not greet Beccacece at the beginning of the match, left with the satisfaction of seeing his team play as he intended, while the “Halcón” players scrambled shirts for their fans who came to Resistencia with all their loyalty on their backs and they came back with a painful rout, although the intention of qualifying for the next Annual Table South American Cup remains intact.
Synthesis
Defense and Justice: Luis Unsain; Nicolás Tripicchio, Nazareno Colombo, Adonis Frias and Alexis Soto; Francisco Marco, Kevin Gutiérrez, Manuel Duarte and Gabriel Alanís; Andres Rios and Gaston Togni DT: Sebastian Beccacece.
River: Franco Armani; Marcelo Herrera, Emanuel Mammana, Paulo Díaz and Milton Casco; Juan Fernando Quintero, Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Aliendro and Nicolás De La Cruz; Lucas Beltran and Pablo Solari DT: Marcel Gallardo.
Goals in the first half: 4m. Solari (R) and 30m. Beltran (R).
Goals in the second half: 6m. and 37m. Solari (R).
Changes in the second half: Starting with Ezequiel Centurión for Armani (R) and Elías Gómez for Herrera (R), 14m. Tomas Galvan for Marco (D), 25m. Santiago Simón for Quintero (R), Agustín Palavecino for De la Cruz (R) and Miguel Borja for Beltrán (R).
Warned: Marco and Soto (D). De la Cruz and Solari (R). 38m. Nicolás Fernández for Ríos (R) and Julián López for Gutiérrez (D) and Nicolás Zalazar for Duarte (D).
Incidence: 45m. of the second period expelled Colombo (D).
Basketball court: Centennial Stadium of Sarmiento, Resistencia (Chaco).
Referee: Paul Echavarria.
