Because the match had its happy immediate antecedent to Velez and sad for River for the fresh cup reminiscence in which Liniers’ men have just eliminated Núñez’s men in the second round of the Libertadores.
Although this is another contest, another story, and for this reason there was no possible revenge attitude, nor any claim for achievements, the match was played as if all that were alive at the José Amalfitani, where the large local public was at least able to enjoy of a very good game, emotional from end to end, beyond the result and some chants reminding those he directs of the elimination Marcelo Gallardo.
A Gallant that due to the recent death of the grandfather of Hector David Martinez decided to revive a central defense that gave him so much satisfaction in particular since River usually: Jonathan Maidana and Javier Pinola.
The return of the latter, at the age of 39, forced by the aforementioned fact, nevertheless brought good results to the “millionaire”, because Pinola he had an efficient job in the center of the defense, especially when his former teammate prowled around Lucas Pratt.
Later, when the “Bear” threw himself to the sides, especially the left one, it became an insoluble problem for milton helmetequal to the one who suffered on the same side Francis Ortega with a Santiago Simon that also returned to be “the one before”.
Barely five minutes passed before “that” Simón overflowed from the right and launched a low and precise center to the center of the small area so that Lucas Beltranentering without a mark, converted his first goal since returning from Colón, from Santa Fe.
Velez continued to appeal to his game more direct than that of River and had a couple of situations to draw, generated by protto and in some cases also spoiled by Walter Bou.
Until about 20 minutes the former Boca Juniors received a criminal foul from Frank Armani and he took charge of it achieving parity and his fifth personal goal against River.
The two had already smelled blood and went for everything, really as they had started, and just 10 minutes later there was another good offensive combination from the visitor that ended with another assist, this time as a center forward and a header, from Simon for Nicholas De la Cruzwhich the Uruguayan resolved with a right volley against the left post of Lucas Hoyos.
The final quarter of an hour of that first stage did not undergo variations in the development, with both teams always looking for the local to draw and the visitor to capture in the net those moments of superiority that they exercised when they had the ball in their possession.
And in the same tone the entire second stage also passed, until the 45 minutes were consumed, although with some “spicy” moments, surely the product of some remnants of those two cup battles.
But the postures of both teams were changing with the passing of the minutes and the initial physiognomies were inverted, since Velez He was the one who ended up owning the ball and River the one that in the absence of it opted for the most direct game, appealing to some against to settle the lawsuit.
But in those decisions the one that prevailed was the Velez, that ended up literally putting River against his goal, until he ended up defending himself, strangely because it is not natural to see the “millionaire” there, within his own area.
And from moving the ball so much, the team led by the Uruguayan Alexander Medina reached the deserved parity when they had already exceeded 90 minutes through someone like Abiel Osoriowho had not been able to score in the Libertadores round of 16 series and this time he did take revenge by pushing the goal inside the small area after a good personal management on the right by Nicholas Garayalde which was defined on the left.
And the celebration then was all of Velez, for the last part of the equality and because after three confrontations, River could never beat him, since the “Fortín” won once (1-0 in Liniers) and drew goalless in the following one in the Monumental.
In any case, the two did not even reach double digits in the sum of points in the championship after eight dates, although River is in South American positions in the Annual Table. Velez It is also far from that, but his present in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores heals any domestic wound.
Formations
Velez Sarsfield: Lucas Hoyos; Leonardo Jara, Matías De los Santos, Valentin Gómez and 5 Francisco Ortega; Nicolás Garayalde, Máximo Perrone and Luca Orellano; Walter Bou; Lucas Janson and Lucas Pratt. DT: Alexander Medina.
River Plate: Franco Armani; Milton Casco, Jonatan Maidana, Javier Pinola and Elías Gómez; Santiago Simón, Agustín Palavecino, Bruno Zuculini, Nicolás De La Cruz and Esequiel Barco; Lucas Beltran. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.
Goals in the first half: 5m. Beltran (R), 20m. Bou (F), penalty kick and 30m. De la Cruz (R).
Goal in the second half: 45+2m. Osorio (V).
Changes in the second half: 22m. Julián Fernández for Orellano (F) and Santiago Cáseres for Perrone (F), 24m. José Paradela for Barco (R) and Juan Quintero for De la Cruz (R), 30m. Tomás Pochettino for Palavecino (R) and Abiel Osorio for Bou (V); 35m. Braian Romero for Beltran (R),
Admonished: Perrone, Garayalde, De los Santos and Cáseres (F). Elías Gómez, Simón, Casco, Zuculini and Quintero (R).
Court: Jose Amalfitani.
Referee: Patricio Loustau.
Source: Ambito
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