A goal for the victory Young Cristian Ferreira put in a spectacular right footed shot to give River a 1-0 win over Aldosivi at the Monumental Stadium for the Superliga.

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River began better positioned on the field and with possession of the ball. That way, in the first minutes the approaches arrived: "El Millonario" had three dangerous possibilities, but the most concrete was Nicolás De La Cruz, with a high header and a shot which was found by Luciano Pocrnjic, after a good center from Lucas Martínez Quarta on the left.

Aldosivi responded with a one-on-one from Javier Iritier, who missed the first one after a good start from Franco Armani. The last two chances of the first half went to Rodrigo Mora: first with a shot in the goal of the area and then with a good bicycle kick, after a header in the area, which went near the right post of the rival's goalkeeper.

At the beginning of the second half, River did not hesitate and went in search of the victory. The game started thriving a little more after Leonel Galeano's dismissal by a double yellow card and, after a few minutes, the opening of the scoreboard did not take long.

Cristian Ferreira, who had replaced De La Cruz in the first half, crossed from the left to the center, nutmegged Fernando Godoy and pulled a tremendous shot into the right corner of the goalkeeper's goal, who could barely move before the spectacular performance made by the young River Plate player.

River then continued to dominate the game and Aldosivi struggled with an isolated opportunity. In the middle of the second half, "El Millonario" had Martinez Quarta sent off for a midfield offense.

River controlled the rest of the game with no problems and added another win for the "Super Liga". Now, is time to think about Tuesday's match in Brazil against Gremio for the second match of the CONMEBOL Libertadores semi-final, in which Gallardo's team will have to reverse the first leg's 1-0.

SYNTHESIS

RIVER PLATE: Franco Armani; Jorge Moreira, Luciano Lollo, Lucas Martínez Quarta (C), Camilo Mayada; Bruno Zuculini, Enzo Pérez, Ignacio Fernández, Nicolás De La Cruz; Julián Álvarez and Lucas Pratto. DT: Marcelo Gallardo.

Substitutes: Germán Lux, Kevin Sibille, Nahuel Gallardo, Santiago Sosa, Cristian Ferreira, Julián Álvarez and Lucas Beltrán.

Changes: Ferreira for De La Cruz, Álvarez for Mora, Sosa for Fernández.

ALDOSIVI: Luciano Pocrnjic (C); Nahuel Yeri, Emiliano Amor, Leonel Galeano, Lucas Villalba; Federico Gino, Fernando Godoy, Iván Colman, Matías Pisano, Cristian Chávez and Javier Iritier. DT: Gustavo Álvarez.

Substitutes: Fabian Assman, Emanuel Iñiguez, Dardo Miloc, Leonardo Sánchez, Juan Galeano, Fernando Telechea and Facundo Castillón.

Changes: Sánchez for Iritier, Galeano for Colman, Telechea for Godoy.

Goal: Ferreira (RP).

Admonished: Moreira, Lollo, Pratto, Zuculini (RP), L. Galeano (A).

Expelled: Martínez Quarta (RP); L. Galeano (A).

Referee: Andrés Merlos.

Assistants: Pablo González and Martín Grasso.

Fourth referee: Germán Bermúdez.

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