River He closed his participation in the three friendlies played in the United States this preseason with a perfect saga with Martín Demichelis debuting as coach of his first team after eight years in charge of Marcelo Gallardo, by beating Brazilian Vasco da Gama tonight in Orlando, recently returned to the first division of his country, 3-0.
After the debut with a 1-0 victory over the Mexican Rayados, from Monterrey, 1-0, with a goal by Lucas Beltrán, on Tuesday the 10th of this year in Austin, Texas, River won again on Saturday the 14th against Millonarios , from Colombia, in Miami, with goals from Emanuel Mammana and Miguel Borja.
And this Tuesday, as if it were a typical sequence from a Hollywood movie, the “millionaires” already beat the Brazilians 2-0 coincidentally with goals from Mammana and Borja, also in the same order.
And four minutes from the epilogue, like a palindromic numerology, Beltrán appeared, once again in the complement, to score the 3-0 score and thus mark the first and last goals of this tour, adding the three two goals each. And also River did not receive any goal in these 270 minutes.
Mammana’s goal came 23 minutes into that first stage through a precise early header after a free kick from the right launched by Ignacio Fernández, who would later enable Pablo Solari with a subtle touch so that he sent a low cross to the middle from the small area for the Colombian Borja to connect with his left foot into the net, when the final minute of the initial period was being played.
A first half that showed as a pleasant novelty the task of the 20-year-old Franco Alfonso, who was encouraged (and won) in heads-up, one of his characteristics, and also to hit the goal in a free kick from a closed angle, saving with a lot of effort the goalkeeper Alexander.
While the promising 22-year-old Argentine midfielder Luca Orellano joined the Rio team, bought from Vélez Sarsfield for 4,000,000 dollars for 60 percent of his pass.
The second stage was comfortably controlled by River, who managed the times, followed the premise of his new coach, who announced upon arrival that defensive solidity is essential to shape a good team, and then give him offensive intensity, like the one that led him to the third goal scored by Beltrán.
“We had a good preseason and we are ready to start the championship. And working well, you can also work with the Brazilian teams in the Libertadores despite their good teams and their economic power. This is football and we are feeling very good with Martín Demichelis “, indicated at the end of the game the figure of the court, “Nacho” Fernández.
“I don’t know if we can play together with Salomón Rondón, but because of his quality he will help us a lot. But I already miss Juan Fernando Quintero, because he did a lot to get him here,” Borja confided for his part.
And finally, the kid Alfonso was the one who assured that he was fulfilling “the dream” of his life “by being in the most beautiful place, where there is a lot to learn”, to later thank his teammates and technical staff “for the trust received”.
In short, everything was happiness in River’s farewell to the United States, from where this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. he will leave, from the Miami airport, back to Buenos Aires, with three victories in his backpack. “And without goals against”, as Fernández, Borja and Alfonso also assessed.
Synthesis
River: Franco Armani; Marcelo Herrera, Jonatan Maidana, Emanuel Mammana and Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo Aliendro and Ignacio Fernández; Pablo Solari, Miguel Borja and Franco Alfonso. DT: Martin Demichelis.
Vasco da Gama: Alexander; José Luis Rodríguez, Miranda, Leo and Lucas Pitón; José Gabriel, Figueiredo, Gabriel Pec and Nene; Erick Marcus and Pedro Raul. DT: Mauricio Barbieri.
Goals in the first half: 23m. Mammana (R) and 45m. Borgia (R).
Goal in the second half: 42m. Beltran (R).
Changes in the second half: At the start Bruno Zuculini for Pérez (R) and Leandro González Pírez for Mammana (R), 12m. Jair for Marcus (F) and Luca Orellano for Figueiredo (F), 18m. José Paradela for Aliendro (R), Esequiel Barco for Alfonso (R) and Lucas Beltrán for Borja (R), 22m. Eguinaldo for Pec (F), 33m. Vinicius for Raúl (F), Ulisses for Miranda (F), Edimar for Pitón (F) and Anderson Conceicao for Leo (F), 36m. Santiago Simón by Fernández (R) and Tomás Castro Ponce by Solari (R), 43m. Felipe Peña Biafore for Herrera (R), Robert Rojas for Maidana (R) and Elías Gómez for Casco (R)..
Admonished: Pérez, Alfonso, Maidana, Paradela and Fernández (R). Miranda, Ze Gabriel, Ulisses and Python (V).
Court: Exploria Stadium (Orlando City).
Referee: Jonathan Billinski (United States).
