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ESRiver closes the championship with a draw in Tucuman On Saturday night, the champion drew 1-1 in a tight match on its final Professional League matchday. River started at a disadvantage, but Julian Alvarez finally evened the score.
After Jose Paradela ran up the left-hand side of the field and fired a cross that failed to reach a teammate, Atletico Tucuman scored off a clearance of a corner kick: Alex Vigo cleared the ball by the near post and Yonathan Cabral struck a left-footed shot off a rebound, setting the score at 1-0. On another run up the field by the home team, Agustin Palavecino obstructed Renzo Tesuri.
River got in a better position and, despite not being as sharp as other times, had some chances to even the score: First, Federico Girotti failed to score after being set up by Paradela and then, the youth forward failed to accurately head a cross from Vigo on the right. On the last play of the first half, Girotti had another clear chance, but his right-footed shot was saved by the home keeper.
At the beginning of the second half, with Enzo Fernandez and Julian Alvarez on the field, River pressed from the start and had a clear chance at the feet of Jorge Carrascal, but his shot deflected off a defender. Enrique Bologna reacted well to block a crossed shot from Ramiro Ruiz Diaz by the far post of Atletico Tucuman’s goal.
Right after the 60th minute, off a long pass from Palavecino, Julian ran up the left-hand side and sent a spectacular left-footed shot into Lucchetti’s near post corner, evening the score. Thanks to this, el Millonario can say that it has scored at least one goal in all the Professional League matches. On a run up the field by the home team, Bologna got ready to wait for a shot from Augusto Lotti.
River charged up the field from the back, Benjamin Rollheiser passed the ball to Alvarez, who ran up the right-hand side and tapped the ball to Agustin Fontana at the center of the field, but the forward failed to control it when the home keeper came off his line. El Millonario finished its great performance in the championship with a draw. On Saturday, it will go for another title, the Champion's Trophy, playing against Colon in Santiago del Estero.
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