He does not want neighbors: River thrashed Gymnastics and again scored four points away

River Plate, solid leader of the Professional League championship after 11 dates, tonight did not show the brilliance of previous presentations at the Mas Monumental, where they ended up beating an absolutely youthful Gimnasia y Esgrima 3-0, whose coach Sebastián Romero reserved the ownership of the headlines because in less than 48 hours he will have to receive Belgrano, from Córdoba, next Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in La Plata.

The final reference is not a minor fact, since the match began at 7:30 p.m., which means that the regulatory period that must exist between one game and another is not met by half an hour, and in this case the main affected is Gymnastics, given that River will play from 7 pm on Sunday in Rosario visiting Newell’s Old Boys.

That’s why it was “Chirola” Romero He basically chose to “throw” this match on the court of River which was surely budgeted as “missable”, thinking about the three most possible points to reach the day after tomorrow in the Forest against the recently promoted Cordoba, who, however, on their return to the highest category, are having a good campaign.

All this suggested that the game was going to be easy for those led by Martin Demichelisand actually that was generally the case because the archer Franco Armani He experienced practically no tensions throughout the 90 minutes, but against a significantly inferior rival he did not shine, for example, as on the previous date on the Huracán field, where he also won 3-0.

Perhaps because against lesser rivals like the one he played today he still tends to get a bit tangled up (it is worth remembering the 1-2 against Arsenal today about to be relegated, the last time they scored against him in the local competition), or because tonight he did not need to go with the fifth in depth, the concrete thing is that this River post Marcelo Gallardo He showed his hierarchy in bursts, but he was able to celebrate two circumstances that had to do with their individualities.

It is that after Lucas Beltrán’s goal averaging the first half, after a lack of William Enrique about Enzo Diazall the emotional action was left for the second period.

And that’s when at 20 minutes Rodrigo Aliendro he scored his first goal in a River shirt after 27 games with a backwards header that left the goalkeeper out of action Nelson Insfran. The last time he had converted was on November 6, 2021 in another 3-0 win over Platense, playing for Colón.

But the most emotional thing took place when there was barely a minute left to complete the regular 90 and in his slow return to the first team the Cordovan matias suarezmuch persecuted by injuries, converted a left-footed goal, with a mouthpiece, crossed from outside the area, with his indisputable seal, for the 3-0, which was especially celebrated by fans, teammates and coaching staff.

With his eyes soaked in tears, the native of La Falda, who will be 35 years old on May 9, received a moving ovation from the River Plate fans who again filled the Núñez stadium to recognize his effort to keep going despite that indomitable knee that for years he has mistreated him.

For this reason, in the end, some small cracks against a weak opponent did not matter, but the four points advantage over San Lorenzo at the top of the championship and the feeling that the road to the title does not seem to have too many obstacles.

So now head safely and beyond what is coming, which is the Newell’s of gabriel heinze who just beat Racing in Avellaneda, will go to the Copa Libertadores, where they need to recover after the failed debut in the group stage the previous week at the height of La Paz, where they fell with no more (nor less) mitigation than that front The Strongest, from Bolivia, by 3 to 1.

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