River He wasted again an unbeatable chance at the start of the game for Copa Libertadores in view of Barcelona of Ecuador. Six minutes after the game started, Sebastián Driussi He wanted to kick the prison that the goalkeeper José Contreras He did after asking the execution to Gonzalo Montielbut the auction was stopped and the team of Núñez He added another chapter to a streak that already seems endless.
So far from 2025, River executed nine penalties and only turned two.
In total, they failed Miguel Borja (on three occasions), Matías Rojas, Montiel, Facundo Colidio, Manuel Lanzini and now Driussi.
The curious thing is also that of the three penalties he had in regulatory time, none kicked him for his best executor: Gonzalo Montielwho in that way gave him a World to the ARGENTINE SELECTION.
The last penalty turned into an official party for River It was the December 8, 2024when Gonzalo Martínez He scored before Rosario Central. Since then, the “millionaire” missed six shots between regular time and defining batches, including the tragic series against Córdoba workshops in Assumption by the International Super Cup.
But the negative streak is not limited only to the matches: River also Drag seven batches of penalties lost consecutively. The last time he won from the twelve steps was in July 2019when he eliminated Cruzeiro in Belo Horizonteby the Copa Libertadores.
From that triumph, they were all defeats: two before Mouth, and the remaining in front of Patronato, Inter from Brazil, Rosario Central, Temperley And again Workshops A history that worries more and more.
The next international commitment will be April 23 before Independiente del Valleat the height of Quito With the growing pressure and an increasingly heavy backpack, the set led by Marcelo Gallardo He will seek not only to add key points in the group stage, but also in case of having another penalty, leave behind a streak that already worries everyone River
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