Platense He defeated tonight as a 4-2 visitor in the penalty definition to Riverhaving matched 1-1 in the 90 minutes regulatory, and went to the semifinals of the Opening Tournament 2025, in a match played at the Monumental Stadium.
In a match for the quarterfinals, striker Vicente Taborda had opened the score for the “squid”, 28 minutes after the first part, but midfielder Franco Mastantuono drew in the eleventh minute of discount of the complement for the “millionaire.”
From the 12 steps, midfielder Kevin Castaño missed his shot and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Cozzani arrested the penalty of the striker Sebastián Driussi for the classification of the Vicente López team.
For Platense they turned their penalties Ignacio Vázquez, Guido Mainero, Franco Zapiola and Ignacio Schor, while Juan Saborido could not with Franco Armani’s stretch.
The premises turned Franco Mastantuono and Miguel Borja, but Kevin Castaño erred and Sebastián Driussi saw how his shot was stopped by Juan Pablo Cozzani.
In this way, Platense will play for the semifinals against San Lorenzo, as a visitor, with the day and schedule to be confirmed.
The “Calamar” put an advantage at 28 minutes, at its first arrival of danger, when a large filtered pass by striker Ronaldo Martínez enabled attacker Vicente Taborda, who finished smoothly a stick before the Achique of goalkeeper Franco Armani.
The first dangerous attack of the premises took place at 42 minutes, with a shot from the Franco Mastantuono steering wheel from the side of the large area, which was looking for the right angle of goalkeeper Juan Pablo Cozzani and left just diverted.
River came again in eight minutes of the second part, with a header of the striker Facundo Colidio in the second stick, who wanted to change the trajectory to the ball but could not with Cozzani’s stretch towards his left post.
The “Calamar” had a new risk situation in 27 minutes of the complement, when a center finding the extreme Ignacio Schor was dotted by defender Lucas Martínez Quarta, who wanted to clear but made the ball hit the stick, so that Armani then finishes away the danger.
Equality arrived on the end. In the eleventh minute of discount, after a penalty committed by defender Oscar Solomon to striker Miguel Borja, midfielder Franco Mastantuono finished off the maximum penalty opening his left foot with a low shot that beat the goalkeeper.
Anyway, the “squid” smiled again in the penalties. Although Armani held the shot of Juan Saborido, the steering wheel Kevin Castaño hit his shot in the stick and Cozzani stopped Driussi’s shot on his right pipe, so that the extreme Ignacio Schor sentence the classification.
The first was from River, four minutes. A good left combination of defender Marcos Acuña and striker Facundo Colidio allowed the side to advance and put a filtered pass for attacker Sebastián Driussi, who did not hook the ball comfortably and ended up taking out a weak shot and the hands of the goalkeeper Juan Pablo Cozzani.
The first goal of the night reached 28 minutes. After a long pass from the steering wheel Rodrigo Herrera, a great filtered assistance by striker Ronaldo Martínez enabled the attacker Vicente Taborda, who faced goalkeeper Franco Armani and defeated him with a first subtle shot, which entered through the left -wing side of the goalkeeper.
The “Millionaire” did not approach the goal to 42 minutes of the first part. The Franco Mastantuono hitch received a taco pass from the Ignacio Fernández steering wheel and took out a left -footed shot from the right side of the large area. The shot looked for the right angle of Cozzani, but he was barely diverted.
Already in the second half, River reached eight minutes. A center from the right of Sebastián Driussi fell to the second stick, where he was headed by striker Facundo Colidio, who wanted to change the trajectory to the ball but could not with a good stretch of Cozzani, which diverted towards the side.
Eight minutes later, Mastantuono tried to surprise with a front -free kick, with which he looked for the closest stick of Cozzani, the left. Although his shot did not go far, the goalkeeper had everything controlled.
In 23 minutes, striker Miguel Borja fought and won to receive a filtering pass from Mastantuono, to later finish first from the right side of the area, with a shot that left high.
The “squid” could have extended the advantage at 27 minutes. A shot from the edge of the Guido Mainero end area was diverted to the side by Armani, whose rebound was captured by striker Ignacio Schor, who put a Search Center. In the attempt to divert the ball, defender Lucas Martínez Quarta punctured the ball, which hit the stick and Armani finished clearing it near the line.
Equality arrived on the end. In the eleventh minute of discount, after a penalty committed by defender Oscar Solomon to striker Miguel Borja, midfielder Franco Mastantuono finished off the maximum penalty opening his left foot with a low shot that beat the goalkeeper.
Anyway, the “squid” smiled again in the penalties. Although Armani held the shot of Juan Saborido, the steering wheel Kevin Castaño hit his shot in the stick and Cozzani stopped Driussi’s shot on his right pipe, so that the extreme Ignacio Schor sentence the classification.
Synthesis River vs Platense for the Opening Tournament
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