River became great on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Argentine Cup

River became great on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Argentine Cup

August 28, 2025 – 23:58

The Millionaire beat Union after the 0-0 draw in the 90s, where he showed a slight improvement in the game although he is still far from his best version.

After spending six consecutive years without being able to win a series, River He won this Thursday for penalties for the second time just seven days and eliminated Santa Fe union by the Argentine Cup to advance to the quarterfinals, where he will face Racing

The goalkeeper Franco Armaniwhose weakness in the millionaire arch had always been the shots from the 12 steps, demonstrated again that he transformed this failure into a new specialty and became large to cover two of the five union shots and seal the classification of River

The kickers also exhibited a clear improvement, after several series with multiple wrong penalties. This time, they noted Juan Fernando Quintero, Miguel Ángel Borja, Facundo Colidio and the definition was closed by Gonzalo Montiel, specialist in the field. The only one who failed was Lucas Martínez Fourthwhich had the possibility to finish the matter in the fourth attempt of the Núñez team although he threw the ball over the crossbar.

On the union side, the only ones who did not convert were Lucas Gamba and Valentín Fascendiniwhose auctions were held by Armani.

River won on penalties despite continuing without showing good football

Throughout the 90 minutes, River had control of the game although he could not translate it in good opportunities, to contrast of union, which with less possession generated some of the clearest, with well -managed counterattakes and plays of ball stopped.

In the first half, the Millionaire He could not arrive in depth area of ​​his rival. There was only a good shot of Giuliano Galoppowhich was easily controlled by the goalkeeper Matías Tagliamonteone of the figures of the court, and an entrance to the area of Sebastián Driussi that did not resolve in time whether kicking to the arch or whether to throw the center.

The second part began with a remarkable improvement of Marcelo Gallardo’s team, with Maximiliano Salas As figure in attack.

During the second 45 minutes both teams had Clear chances of breaking the tieabout River Topara, but with errors of the strikers and notable actions of the archers, neither managed to convert.

Finally, the match ended up being defined by the shots from the point of the prison, where River was imposed again. Marcelo Gallardo’s team came from winning for this same way, historical weakness of the millionaire, last week by the Copa Libertadores against Libertad de Paraguay, breaking a run of six consecutive defeats of defeats.

Source: Ambito

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