However, at that speed Velez was more practical and with a very vertical game taking advantage of the bands with Luca Orellano or Janson and the accuracy of Maximum Perrone in the center of the field. Thus, those who drive Alexander Medina They took the initiative but were unable to bring danger to the rival goal.
River I tried the same thing but it didn’t work. until Enzo Fernandez managed to skip the pressure Perrone in the middle of the field and five players were seen going out shooting towards the opposite area. They were only six minutes and the visit came with danger. In numerical superiority, Benfica’s brand new reinforcement could not unload the ball and decided to shoot from outside the area. The ball, although controlled by Lucas Hoyos, went close to the crossbar.
at 13 he arrived Velez with depth on the right and after a pass to Janson this one was childishly shot down by Hector David Martinez in the area and the referee did not hesitate to charge a penalty. The one who did not hesitate was the striker in the execution. Strong and down, to the left of Frank Armani who stretched his body towards the other stick.
The best of Velez and the worst of River could be seen in the following minutes. A bewildered “Millionaire” could not prevail in the game or stop the attacks of the owner of the house. So Francis Ortega She managed to reach the bottom of the left lane in a very good association with Janson and her center surpassed Armani, but when Lucas Pratto was going to push her head into the small area, Martínez’s saving cross arrived.
Liniers’s team seemed to dominate the actions but River never stopped pressing and that led to some mistakes that could cost them dearly. Velez. Like that pass behind Perrone that fell so short that Hoyos’ rejection bounced off Álvarez and could have been extremely dangerous. But the visit was that: sporadic attacks and although he regained control in the last few minutes, he could not bring too much danger to the Velez area.
Except for a pass from Enzo Fernández to Braian Romero that Hoyos was able to control or the escalation of José Paradela on the right, taking advantage of a blooper between Valentín Gómez and Ortega who collided with each other. The River midfielder saw Julián Álvarez (very taken by Matías De Los Santos or Gómez all night) who finished off inside the area but was weak at the hands of Hoyos.
So it went the first time. Without too many goal options and where Vélez took advantage of his moment and knew how to open the scoring.
For the complement, Gallardo arranged for Juan Fernando Quintero to substitute for Esequiel Barco, perhaps looking for that filtered pass and a partner for Enzo Fernández in the axis of the field. The tone of the match did not change and Vélez deserved to extend the result. With a huge Nicolás Garayalde in midfield, recovering and playing, an impassable Leonardo Jara on the wing, the homeowner annulled River, who only got close to the rival goal with two shots from outside the area by Martínez and Álvarez.
Those led by medina they had four clear situations to increase the score. First Abiel Osorio, who had replaced the debutant Walter Boucould not finish an excellent center by Jara and inside the small area, with the goal at his mercy, he hit the ball weakly and wide.
Vélez was not complicated and played long behind River’s defenders. This made it difficult for the visiting team that as soon as he controlled the ball he was pressured by Pratto and some winger, either Janson or Julián Fernández, who replaced Orellano. Thus, the following play of great danger was generated, which was once again at Osorio’s feet in a one-on-one with Armani, which was won by the goalkeeper of the Argentine team.
In addition, Janson converted a goal that was annulled due to an advanced position at the start of Abiel Osorio’s play.
Before the end there was time for another one-on-one by Pratto who hit him over the crossbar and the last one by young forward Osorio, in added time who beat Paulo Díaz very well and his cross shot hit the crossbar
Vélez won fairly and ended up lamenting the short result. The story continues next Wednesday in Núñez where both will play the pass to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores. Those of Liniers hit first and showed enough credentials to get their hopes up.
Formations
Velez: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentín Gómez, Francisco Ortega; Nicolás Garayalde, Máximo Perrone, Luca Orellano, Walter Bou, Lucas Pratto and Lucas Janson. DT: Alexander Medina.
River: Franco Armani; Emanuel Mammana, Paulo Diaz, David Martinez, Milton Casco; Esequiel Barco, Enzo Pérez, Enzo Fernández, José Paradela; Braian Romero and Julian Alvarez. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Goal in the first half: 15m Janson, from a penalty (V).
Changes in the second half: at the beginning, Juan Fernando Quintero for Barco (R); 15m Rodrigo Aliendro for Paradela (R), Andrés Herrera for Mammana (R) and Lucas Beltrán for Romero (R); 19m Julián Fernández for Orellano (F) and Abiel Osorio for Bou (F); 38m Santiago Cáseres for Garayalde (F) and Agustín Mulet for Perrone (F); 43m Agustín Palavecino by Aliendro (R); 45m Santiago Castro for Pratto (F).
Stadium: Jose Amalfitani.
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil).
VAR: Wagner Magalhaes.
Source: Ambito
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