The aforementioned Retegui and Colidio, this one after a huge mistake by the Chilean central defender Paulo Díaz, scored for the Victoria team, while Enzo Fernández pointed out the partial equality for the local team.
With this result, Tigre qualified for the semifinals and will face, next Sunday from 4:00 p.m. on the Huracán court, Argentinos Juniors who eliminated Estudiantes on penalties in La Plata.
The “Matador”, who won his second win at the Monumental Mas in its entire history, gave the surprise with a good game and displays of character.
Tigre had a perfect first time. Diego Martínez’s team was compact, supportive of the mark and quick to take advantage of River’s imprecise passes.
Retegui gave notice of entry with a shot that Franco Armani diverted to the corner. But on the second attempt he did not fail. Cristian Zabala sent the center so that the striker deflected the ball with his head, before the insufficient stretch of the goalkeeper of the Argentine team.
Tigre’s initiative and goal were a monumental surprise. River, who started without his usual possession of the ball, felt the impact.
Marcelo Gallardo’s team only had one very clear chance in the first half. It happened when, in three touches, he managed to avoid Tigre’s defense. Nicolás De La Cruz enabled Tomás Pochettino, who went hand in hand with former River Plate, Gonzalo Marinelli, but his definition was crossed and diverted.
Tigre, under the baton of Sebastián Prediger, took advantage of the spaces that River left in attack due to the erroneous decisions of Esequiel Barco and Pochettino, and was very close to the second.
David Martínez cut just when Zabala was about to define in the area and Facundo Colidio stole the ball from Enzo Pérez in the middle for a shot that required Armani.
Shortly after, the goalkeeper stopped Prediger’s header, after a corner.
Tigre had studied River very well and did not change the script in the second half. Gallardo’s team, with few ideas, was playing on the ledge and the “Matador” was waiting for him crouching.
River patiently moved the ball down the right side. De La Cruz gave in for a solitary Enzo Fernández, who took a straight shot that was embedded in the angle for River’s equalizer; impossible for Marinelli.
River people got up to cheer on a night that was complicated, but the team did not take advantage of it. The emotional momentum of equality was diluted with the rude error of the Chilean Díaz at the start. Colidio intercepted the ball and did not forgive Armani for 2-1.
On the night where River played poorly and looked nervous at times, the error of one of its best assets meant quite a message.
While River stumbled over Barco and Pochettino, Tigre affirmed himself with Ezequiel Fernández (another former Boca Juniors), Zabala, Colidio, Retegui, and especially with Prediger (also ex-Boquense), but also with the firmness of Víctor Cabrera and Abel Luciatti in the background. .
A River without ideas was overcome by desperation in the end. The entire Monumental Mas claimed a supposed penalty from Marinelli to the admitted Agustín Palavecino who did not go.
The final minutes were suffering for Tigre because River, with centers, was due to the tie that did not come.
Fernando Espinoza’s final whistle generated the logical and just hubbub of Tigre. River fans applauded their team the same on a night where it was all “Matador”.
Source: Ambito
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