River They turned it around Instituto in Córdoba and won 3-1 thanks to Facundo Colidio, who scored a hat-trick, to advance to the playoffs of the Professional League Cup in first position in Zone A of the contest.
Little had happened until after a bad start from the back of the “Millonario”, the referee Silvio Trucco sanctioned a penalty for Instituto for a foul by Rodrigo Villagra. Puebla itself changed the maximum penalty into a goal and put the Córdoba team at an advantage, who, being eliminated, surprised those led by Martín Demichelis with their intensity from the beginning of the game.
River reacted with goals from Facundo Colidio
Halftime came at the worst moment for River because as a result of the remaining results of the day, they were left out of the playoffs of the Professional League Cup. In the complement, the “Millonario” came out determined to seek equality although he was once again among the four best due to Talleres’ partial tie with Independiente in Avellaneda.
However, a header from Colidio brought peace to those led by Demichelis, who with pure push cornered an opponent who could not keep up with the pace with which he significantly complicated things in the first half, until the striker reappeared in the same road five minutes later to turn the result around.
At 28, in addition, the attacker sealed his hat-trick: he scored one-on-one but Manuel Roffo stopped his shot, although on the rebound Colidio scored with his left foot and put definitive figures on the scoreboard.
Independiente went from heaven to hell
Independiente had everything ready to advance to the next stage, because it won 2-0 and its rival was playing with ten men, but in the second half it fell asleep and Talleres de Córdoba tied it as a visitor 2-2, in a result that left it eliminated to both teams, for the fourteenth and last date of the professional League Cup.
In the first half, Adrián Sporle, at 34 minutes, and Alexis Canelo, from a penalty, sanctioned through VAR, at 52 minutes, scored the goals for the Avellaneda team. Talleres was playing with ten men due to the expulsion of Venezuelan defender Miguel Navarro for a double warning, at 50 minutes, after the maximum penalty was awarded to the host.
However, in the complement Talleres tied with goals from Federico Girotti, at 5 minutes, and Gastón Benavídez, at 7. With this score, both teams were eliminated from the playoffs of the competition by finishing in fifth (Talleres) and in sixth (Independiente) place, respectively, in Group A.
Along with River, the other qualifiers were Vélez, who defeated Independiente Rivadavia 1-0, in Mendoza, Argentinos Juniors and Barracas Central, who tied 3-3 in La Paternal.
Source: Ambito
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