The only goal of the match was scored by Diego Ortegoza, who ran alone from his field in stoppage time in a lethal counter and justly broke the result.
With six games to play, Marcelo Gallardo’s team has 32 units and is seven behind its classic opponent, Boca Juniors (39), which is the temporary leader (Atlético Tucumán, second with 38, will update on Sunday as local LP Students).
The clash with the “T” was played at the Monumental, it was refereed by Facundo Tello and the performance of the “Millionaire” was so discreet that his figure ended up being the goalkeeper Ezequiel Centurión, who played due to the absence of Franco Armani (on tour with Argentina).
River had other absences: the selected Nicolás De la Cruz (Uruguay) and Paulo Díaz (Chile); the injured Rodrigo Aliendro; the suspended Enzo Pérez and Marcelo Herrera. This had a direct impact on its performance.
Because it’s true: it started doing half the job well, with good advances on all lines (and especially at the Workshops exit), to generate from the recovery. But he had so little clarity in three quarters of the court that his initiative was diluted.
Talleres, little by little, was finding the weak points of Marcelo Gallardo’s team: the backs of Héctor Martínez, little used to the work of left back that he did today, and the vicinity of Zuculini, alone and isolated in the recovery task and, to top it off, conditioned after a reprimand.
Thus, and although River had the clearest (at 15m, a center by Solari that Borja headed alone and Herrera covered), the first half was played under the conditions of the “T”, which gave Centurión work with a pair of shots from outside by Pizzini, a free kick by Garro and a low left-footed shot by Catalán from a corner.
River moved their lines forward a few meters at the beginning of the complement and that allowed them to recover the initiative, especially due to the greater mobility and participation of Barco.
But, as in the previous stage, he hardly generated danger due to the inefficiency in building and leaving his players in front of the goal. Only a shot from Barco himself, something forced that went near the left post of Herrera’s goal, had some risk.
And Talleres, little by little, with the leadership of Villagra from the middle, reborn in the collective since Javier Gandolfi’s assumption as the new DT, first balanced and then dominated. So much so that he turned Centurión into a figure, who covered a shot by Garro, another by Catalán and had the help of a stick in a shot by Villagra.
But the local goalkeeper could not in the last one: Herrera cleared a frontal free kick from Quintero, Ortegoza took the ball in his field, ran alone to the River area and beat Centurión with a great shot that hit the left post and got just 1-0.
On the next date, number 22, River will visit Argentinos Juniors (Sunday 2 starting at 8:30 p.m.) and Talleres will receive Lanús, the same day but from 3:30 p.m.
Before, more precisely on Wednesday, both will have the chance to go to the semifinals of the Argentine Cup: Gallardo’s team will play with Patronato de Paraná (at 7:00 p.m. at the Mercado Luna stadium in La Rioja) and the Cordovan team will play with Independiente (from 4:00 p.m. at the Centenario de Resistencia Stadium, Chaco).
Source: Ambito
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