After the important Victoria in the Superclassic against Boca 2-1, River He won again this Sunday at the Monumental To reaffirm the good moment that the team is experiencing, with a clear improvement in collective performance. He Millonario beat Vélez Sarsfield 4-1which fails to play the local tournament.
The meeting took place in the framework of the sixteenth date of the Opening Tournament 2025. With this result, the team of Marcelo Gallardo The first stage of the second championship ended with 31 pointsbehind Rosario Central which added 35. In the next instance, the millionaire will receive Central Barracas for the round of 16.
For its part, those led by Guillermo Barros Schelotto They were 13th, far from the classification positions to the elimination phase.
River showed good game again and overcame Vélez 4-1
In a great first half and taking advantage of the errors of the rival goalkeeper, at 33 minutes of the game River It was already 3-0 at advantage. The first goal came to 14 minutes thanks to a good play from the left side Milton Casco And after a succession of rebounds, Sebastián Driussi, who came from scoring against Boca, pushed the ball to the bottom of the network to maintain his scoring streak.
At 28, Facundo Colidio armed an excellent individual play On the left, with Caño and Gambeta, and finished off, far from the goalkeeper, to put the millionaire 2-0 over Vélez.
Five minutes later, with the visitor already bewildered, Franco Mastantuono took the opportunity to remove the ball that the goalkeeper had controlled after a filtered pass from Enzo Pérez and attended Nacho Fernández, who defined above the defense with the empty arch.
After the gust of goals of River, Vélez responded with a great play in the area of Maher Carrizo who crossed the ball, leaving without possibilities Franco Armaniand discounted for 3-1.
The second half was marked by the strong flood that began to fall on the Monumental And the game did not have major shocks, beyond isolated auctions from the Liniers team.
Over time fulfilled, Manuel Lanzini He slipped into the rival area after a pass from Miguel Borja And after an defender’s push, the striker took advantage of the contact and referee Andrés Merlos sanctioned penal that he later verified with the VAR. By protesting the replacement of the referee, Valentín Gómez He was expelled to see the Second yellow of the night.
The goalkeeper Randall Rodríguez He managed to contain the shot of the Colombian striker although the prison had to be executed again in advance. In the second attempt, Borja nailed her at the upper left angle to sentence the victory of River.
Source: Ambito
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