IT CANNOT WIN IN THE DEBUT

River went out and played for the first time this year a match for the Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata, loosing 3-2 to Independiente.

In the beginning, both teams found it difficult to find clear situations in the rival field as they approached with middle-distance shots: Gonzalo Martínez tried it for River and then Aquino for Independiente, but their shots weren't succesful. The match had been in calm but on the 20 ', the scoreboard went 1-0 in favour of Gallardo's team: a free kick from the right by Martinez found Driussi in the area , who flicked the ball to ÁlvarezBalanta, heading on the line and beating Rodríguez.

The rival looked for the tie and it found 10 minutes later in Aquino, who, with a good cross-shot from outside the area, put the match 1-1, a result that would end the first half.

In the second half, the match became more intense: River started playing from the back and, with a good perfomance of Domingo, sought to generate associated game from the midfield, while Independent bet for the counterattack and speed of their forwards. In the 22 ', the team form Avellaneda scored the second goal: Cristian Rodríguez escaped down from the left and found Aquino in the area, letting the forward to beat Batalla.

River was for the draw and had control of the ball but could not get clarity and again suffered in your area, because eight minutes left, Cuesta headed in the penalty area to put the 3-1.

Almost at the end, Pisculichi made a good move, first combining with Ponzio and then with Casco, and then he found Alario the area less than Alario, who score the last goal of the match.

Thus, el Millonario could not get a good result in his summer debut, but a chance to recover is coming soon: on Saturday, again in Mar del Plata, it will play the derby against Boca.

RIVER PLATE: Augusto Batalla; Camilo Mayada, JonatanMaidana (C), Éder Álvarez Balanta, Milton Casco; Nicolás Domingo, Luis González; Gonzalo Martínez, Nicolás Bertolo, Sebastián Driussi; Lucas Alario. Substitutes: Julio Chiarini, Gabriel Mercado, JoaquinArzura, Leonardo Ponzio, Exequiel Palacios, Leonardo Pisculichi. Coach: Marcelo Gallardo.

INDEPENDIENTE: Diego Matías Rodríguez (C); Gustavo Toledo, Hernán Pellerano, Victor Cuesta, Nicholas Tagfliafico; JesusMendez, Diego Martin Rodriguez, Claudio Aquino, Juan Manuel Trejo; Martin Benitez, Juan Martin LutERO. Substitutes: Martin Campaña, Emanuel Aguilera, Emiliano Papa, Julián Vitale, Rodrigo Gómez, Cristian Rodríguez, Ezequiel Vidal. Coach: Mauricio Pellegrino.

Changes: PisculichibyGonzalez, Mercado by Mayada, Ponzioby Domingo, Palacios byDriussi (RP); Aguilera byPellerano, Rodríguez by Trejo, Vidal byLucero,Gómezby Benítez (I).

Goals: Álvarez Balanta, Alario (RP); Aquino -2-, Cuesta (I)
Cautioned: ÁlvarezBalanta, Maidana, Town (RP); Méndez (I).
Referee: Fernando Rapallini. Assistant 1: Ariel Scime. Assistant 2: Andres Barbieri. Additional Referee 1: Ignacio Lupani. Addtional Referee 2: Hernán Mastrángelo. Fourth referee: Luis Álvarez.

Tags
First Team

Related news

01/09/2025 River wins convincingly and stays on top

29/08/2025 With a brilliant Armani, River advances on penalties

26/08/2025 River let it slip at the end

21/08/2025 River beats Libertad to advance to quarterfinals